Chlamydia

You can take a shower if you have Chlamydia.

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.

The southeastern part of the US has the highest rate of chlamydia.

Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, and Cervical Cancer are not tested using blood samples. While you may have tested negative for these tests, the doctor may want a blood sample to run different tests.

You will not be able to do this.

Chlamydia is contracted with the bacteria make contact with your mucous membranes. It happens during sexual contact.

A negative chlamydia test means you are not infected with the bacteria.

Sweat does not carry chlamydia and can't transmit chlamydia.

No; the mucus may have been from the infection. The fertility problems that chlamydia may cause do not affect cervical mucus.

It sounds like your doctor is treating you for chlamydia with doxycycline, and against the possibility of undetected gonorrhea with ciprofloxacin. However, Cipro is no longer recommended for treatment of gonorrhea in 2011 as I'm typing this answer. Call your doctor to find out what was intended with the two medications. There may be some other explanation specific to your situation. If the doctor was trying to cover gonorrhea, ask him or her to choose a medication from the current CDC treatment recommendations.

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.

Risk factors for chlamydia include age under 25, new partner, multiple partners, history of prior STD, and men who have sex with men.

Syphilis can come back if treatment was inadequate. Follow up testing after treatment is common to monitor the success of medication. Reinfection is also common.

No. Chlamydia can cause an inflamed tube though.

A tube that is inflamed or infected will develop scar tissue and the whole tube can become permanently blocked. If a woman has blocked Fallopian tubes, she will not become pregnant without special medical help.

If you have pain in the area of your belly button and you think you might have chlamydia, you need to see your doctor or women's clinic as soon as you can.

There are three subtypes of Chlamydia trachomatis that each cause different diseases. One causes endemic trachoma, the leading cause of blindness in the developing world. One causes the STD known as chlamydia. The third causes the STD known as lymphogranuloma venereum.

Chlamydia doesn't change how well the birth control pill works. Since you're abstaining until treatment is complete, it's a moot point.

It is hard to be sure; but if symptoms appear after 3 days of a sexual contact, then it is likely it is from the most recent contact.

Chlamydia does not typically affect hemorrhoids. Infection with anal chlamydia, which can occur due to anal sex but also due to transfer of chlamydia bacteria from the vagina in women who do not have anal sex, could cause anal irritation.

Testing for chlamydia is only available very recently, so it's not possible to say with certainty when the first US case of chlamydia occurred.

A baby with chlamydial conjunctivitis or pneumonia due to Chlamydia trachomatis is treated with erythromycin. Because the effectiveness of treatment is only about 80%, retesting and possible retreatment should be done.
A baby born with chlamydia can be cured easily, but some are not diagnosed for years after contracting the illness.

Autonomic dysreflexia is prevented by bowel and bladder care and attention to potential irritants. It is treated by prompt removal of the irritant. Drugs to lower blood pressure are used when necessary.

Chlamydia can live on your finger for just a few minutes.