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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.
What else can I help you with?
How does a chlamydia home test work?
Home tests for sexually transmitted diseases like chlamydia typically work by detecting chemical compounds present in a person who tests positive for chlamydia and it usually changes colour or displays a sign.
How accurate are chlamydia tests using urine samples for women?
The rates of false negative and false positive chlamydia tests for various types of tests are as follows (see related link):Becton-Dickinson NAAT female urine: 1% false positive; 19.5% false negativeGen Probe NAAT female urine: 1.1% false positive; 5.3% false negative
How do you get tested for chlamydia in your throat?
A special chlamydia throat swab tests for chlamydia in your throat.
How long will chlamydia remain in your system after treatment Will the blood screening always read 'positive'?
Blood screening is not a normal way to test for chlamydia. With the normal testing for chlamydia, the tests are accurate again in the future (although possibly not accurate within the first month after treatment, depending on which test is used.) You should consider yourself contagious until seven days after single-dose treatment, or until seven-day treatment is complete.
Does HPV affect the accuracy of a chlamydia test?
No, HPV doesn't affect the accuracy of chlamydia tests.
Can you transmit chlamydia and test negative for it?
Yes, it is very possible. Many people can carry a bacteria or virus, then transfer it to another person (chlamydia and meningitis are good examples), and it is often that the second person gets the disease, without the first person ever being aware of their dangerous status.
What is a chlamydia culture?
A chlamydia culture is a particular type of chlamydia test that tries to grow the bacteria from a sample of body fluid. It is very difficult to do correctly, and so is not a very reliable test. A positive chlamydia culture can be believed, but there are many false negative chlamydia cultures. Talk with your health care provider about the right chlamydia test for your situation.
If a male doesn't have chlamydia and his pregnant girlfriend does is the baby his?
You can't answer the question of whose baby it is based on the chlamydia tests.
Do you need to take another blood test to check if chlamydia is cleared after the prescription?
A normal blood test will not detect the infection. To diagnose chlamydia, you need a urine test or swab of the vagina, urethra, rectum, throat, or eye. Blood tests can look for evidence of past infection with chlamydia, but these are of no use in determining current infection and aren't used to diagnose or treat disease. A positive blood test showing evidence of past infection will not change as a result of antibiotic treatment.
Is the Chlamydia in psittacosis same as the STD and could it show up in a vaginal culture?
Chlamydia psittaci is a different bacteria from the one that causes the STD known as chlamydia. That infection is caused by Chlamydia trachomatis. The tests for chlamydia are built to avoid cross-reaction with Chlamydia psittaci.
Can you detect chlamydia in blood samples?
Chlamydia is typically detected through urine or swab samples, not blood samples. Blood tests are not commonly used for diagnosing chlamydia.
Is a urine test accurate to test for chlamydia?
A normal blood test will not detect the infection. To diagnose chlamydia, you need a urine test or swab of the vagina, urethra, rectum, throat, or eye. Blood tests can look for evidence of past infection with chlamydia, but these are of no use in determining current infection and aren't used to diagnose or treat disease.
