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No, you need to get tested in the area where you were infected. Talk with your health care provider about possible exposures so they can test appropriately.

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Can swallowing chlamydia infected semen harm a fetus?

While swallowing chlamydia-infected semen can infect your throat with chlamydia, it will not affect a pregnancy.


Can you get chlamydia from deep kissing?

If the throat is infected it is possible.


What if you swallow semen that may be infected with chlamydia?

If you swallow semen infected with chlamydia, you can get a chlamydia infection in your throat. If you think you may have been exposed to chlamydia, see your health care provider for testing.


If you have chlamydia in your vagina does that mean you have it in your throat?

Chlamydia doesn't infect the tissues of the mouth, although it can infect the throat. If you have given someone oral sex, be sure to ask your health care provider to test you for chlamydia in the throat.


How do you get tested for chlamydia in your throat?

A special chlamydia throat swab tests for chlamydia in your throat.


Can you get chlamydia in your genitals from someone that has it orally?

Yes, chlamydia can be transmitted orally.You can catch chlamydia orally.Yes, a male can catch or transmit chlamydia orally.It would depend. if the infection is oral, then yes. Chlamydia is a micro-organism, specifically the bacterium, Chlamydia trachomatis, one that attacks mucous membranes. The mouth is one of the sites it can infect, and can be passed from mouth to mouth, or any infected site to any other mucous membrane.


Is chlamydia still in your system even if the semen is already digested?

If semen is digested, that means it went through your throat. You get chlamydia from oral sex if your throat is infected during the process of swallowing, not because you "absorbed" the bacteria in your stomach or intestines. If you had oral sex with someone with chlamydia, get tested and treated.


Can you get chlamydia from body fluids being on or near your vagina but not in?

Yes, you can get infected with chlamydia even if he doesn't ejaculate inside you. Chlamydia can be spread by semen, vaginal discharge, or preejaculate fluid in or near the vaginal, urethra, or anus, as well as the throat and eyes.


What organism does chlamydia affect?

Chlamydia can affect the cervix, urethra, epididymis, uterus, fallopian tubes, testes, rectum, throat, and conjunctiva. Chlamydia trachomatis can also affect the lungs of babies born to an infected woman.


Can chlamydia linger on furniture?

No Chlamydia can't linger on furniture, areas that could be infected with this bacteria are the surfaces of the urethra, vagina, cervix & endometrium, the fallopian tubes, anus, rectum, the lining of the eyelid, and less commonly, the throat.


Can chlamydia affect your lips?

Chlamydia does not affect your lips. You can get chlamydia infection of the throat, though.


How do you know if you have chlamydia in your throat?

The best way to know if you've been infected with chlamydia in the throat is get tested for the STD, specifically with an oral swab test. Symptoms might include a sore throat, fever and in less frequent cases, swollen lymph nodes. But it's also possible to not have any of those symptoms and still have chlamydia. There are safe at-home testing kits available online at sites like myLAB Box, or at local health clinics, Planned Parenthood and other testing sites.