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Per CDC recommendations, patients being treated should avoid oral, anal, and vaginal intercourse (even with a condom) until 7 days have passed since the last partner completed treatment with azithromycin (Zithromax, Zmax). Chlamydia can damage the body, but the germ is gone after effective treatment is completed.
Even though azithromycin treats chlamydia with a single dose, it doesn't work immediately. After taking one dose treatment, it continues to work in your body over the course of the next week.
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How long does it take azithromycin to clear all symptoms of chlamydia in females?
Acute symptoms of chlamydia in females will go away within a couple of weeks of completing treatment. If chlamydia cause caused scarring and damage via PID, symptoms may be chronic and lifelong.
Can a female with chlamydia be asymptomatic for months and then get symptoms?
It's possible to develop symptoms after having chlamydia for a long time.
How long before sexual contact with chlamydia infection before symptoms in women?
About 90 percent of women infected with Chlamydia do not have symptoms. Some symptoms will show up right away. Others may take days or week.
How long can you have chlamydia without having symptoms?
Studies show that adults can have chlamydia for years without any symptoms. It is possible to have a long-term infection without getting pain or discharge. In women, the rate of chlamydia without symptoms may be as high as 70%. It is believed that at least 50% of men with chlamydia may have no symptoms.A baby who gets chlamydia from the mother during birth can also have chlamydia for years without symptoms.But the infection is not "dormant", it can cause damage even without causing symptoms. Women who are later diagnosed with tubal infertility or ectopic pregnancy are three times more likely to have antibodies showing prior exposure to chlamydia, which suggests that they may have had damage to the tubes without having symptoms of pain.It is possible, but usually the symptoms will show up within several weeks.Virtually, this is highly unlikely.
What are the long-term and short-term effects of trichomoniasis?
For 80-90% of women and half of men, chlamydia causes no symptoms at all. If someone has symptoms, the short-term effects may include genital discharge, pain with urination, and irritation at the urethral opening. Untreated chlamydia can cause long-term effects include infertility and chronic pelvic pain.
Can you have chlamydia for two years and then start having symptoms?
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.
How long can you have chlamydia before giving it to your partner?
You can have chlamydia for years without knowing, but it can be spread during this time. Each time you have sex, there is about a 40% chance of transmitting chlamydia. The chances of having sex ten times without transmitting the infection are very small -- about 6 in 1000.It's important to remember, though, that the person who gets chlamydia may have no symptoms either. In women, 80-90% have no symptoms, and half of men don't have symptoms. Your health care provider can't tell you how long you've had chlamydia. It's not unusual for someone to enter a relationship with chlamydia, and for neither partner to know they're infected until they are screened.For that reason, you should get tested for STDs whenever you have a new partner.Yes, you can get chlamydia, or first get chlamydia symptoms, four months after your partner did.
Does chlamydia lay dormant after antibiotics?
Chlamydia does not remain "dormant." A person can have chlamydia for years without having symptoms, but the infection is active during that time, and can be transmitted and can cause damage, even if the patient doesn't notice any pain, discharge, or unusual symptoms.
How long can a male have chlamydia without having symptoms?
You shouldn't go at all. You need to make an appointment with your doctor as soon as possible before it spread or gets worse.
Is chlamydia curable if you had it for a long time?
Chlamydia is bacterial, and, like so many bacterial illnesses, it can be cured with antibiotics.
How long does azythromicin stay in your system fighting off chlamydia infection?
After you take single-dose azithromycin treatment for chlamydia, you can't consider yourself cured until seven days have passed. If you have sex during that seven days, you may infect someone. You may also be reinfected yourself, even though you took the medication recently.
Can a female test negative for chlamydia after having it for a long time?
The test for chlamydia remains reliable even if someone has been infected for years. Unlike syphilis, long term infection doesn't give a false negative result. However, a certain percentage of people appear to clear chlamydia infection on their own, so it's possible to have chlamydia in the past but test negative now even without taking treatment.
