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If you had chlamydia for a long period, you may have experienced complications of chlamydia such as pelvic inflammatory disease or epididymitis. Most people with chlamydia do not experience long-term complications. Talk to your health care provider for advice specific to your situation.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 10y agoYes, it is a bacteria. You can take antibiotics to cure it. However, if your partner(s) is/are not treated at the same time, you can get reinfected and keep passing it back and forth. It's a good reason to wear condoms!
One study shows that one in five teens with chlamydia will get it again within two years. Another shows that one in four may get reinfected within six months. Be sure to get annual testing if you're 26 or under, and get tested anytime you have a new partner.
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∙ 9y agoYou can get chlamydia multiple times. It's spread by oral, anal, and vaginal sex, by genital-genital contact, or by birth to an infected mother. Reinfection after treatment is common.
Getting chlamdyia more than once is easy and common. Having sex with someone who has chlamydia can give you chlamydia, even if you've had it before.
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∙ 9y ago1. Inform other contacts that they should get checked and (if necessary) cured.
2. Wait and wait and wait, until you see the light turn green. Hmm, stop having sex with whomever until they are treated, too.
3. Change doctors? Maybe you weren't cured the first time?
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∙ 9y agoIf you had chlamydia multiple times, you have an increased risk of complications from chlamydia. In addition, the fact that you had STDs multiple times means testing for all STDs, and regular pap smears if you're a female, are important.
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∙ 13y agoYes. Getting chlamydia more than once is common. It can be treated as many times as it's caught.
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∙ 10y agoThere is no limit to the number of times you can catch chlamydia. Your body doesn't produce antibodies that prevent reinfection.
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∙ 9y agoYou can get chlamydia multiple times. It's spread by oral, anal, and vaginal sex, by genital-genital contact, or by birth to an infected mother. Reinfection after treatment is common.
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∙ 10y agoIf you get reinfected with chlamydia after treatment, you'll have to take another round of antibiotics.
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∙ 9y agoGetting chlamdyia more than once is easy and common. Having sex with someone who has chlamydia can give you chlamydia, even if you've had it before.
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What should you do if you had chlamydia for three years?
If you had chlamydia for three years, you should ensure now that you and your partner have been treated. There is no further followup needed, other than retesting two to three months after to ensure you weren't reinfected.
Can chlamydia lie dormant for 13 years and you be able to give your partner chlamydia of 13 years?
Yes, this is possible.
Can pelvic pain be due to PID if you were treated for chlamydia two years ago?
It is possible to be caused by PID.
Can chlamydia symptoms appear after five years?
Yes, chlamydia symptoms can appear after five years, but it's not very likely.
When is chlamydia contagious and how long can you have it without knowing?
Chlamydia can be spread from the time you are infected. You can have it for years without knowing.
How rare is recurrence for chlamydia?
Chlamydia will likely recur in exposed to the bacteria again. Among teen females, one in four to one in five will have chlamydia again within two years of treatment. It is critical that all patients get retested for chlamydia three months after treatment. Annual testing and testing with a new partner are also important.
Could chlamydia cause swollen glands if left untreated for years?
Chlamydia does not cause swollen glands.
When did chlamydia start in UK?
Because chlamydia testing was not possible until the mid-20th century, it's not possible to know how much sooner chlamydia started in the UK. Chlamydia has been known for thousands of years.
Would you know immediately if you were born with chlamydia?
No, you wouilldn't necessarily know if you were born with chlamydia. There have been cases in which children with lung problems were diagnosed with chlamydia years after birth.
Did Barack Obama have chlamydia?
yes in his teen years
How can you have four years of normal pap tests and this one comes back positive for chlamydia?
A pap smear does not detect chlamydia. A pap smear can not detect chlamydia, and a negative Pap smear does not indicate that you don't have chlamydia. So, yes, it's possible to have a Pap test for four years and not know you have chlamydia if your health care provider didn't do a specific test for chlamydia. Did your health care provider actually test for chlamydia in the prior four years? First check with your health care provider, and then you can try to figure out how you might have contracted it, if in fact you had a negative test as soon as a year ago.
How did chlamydia enter the United States?
There is no way to know how and when chlamydia entered the United States. The infection has been around for thousands of years.
