Chlamydia

If your boyfriend has chlamydia and has not had it treated keep him well away from you because you will get it if you have sex with him. If he has seen a doctor and had it cleared up then you should have nothing to worry about. Chlamydia is a serious illness and if left untreated can lead to mayor problem in health and and cause irreparable damage to your reproductive system. It is easily treated but it has to be treated and avoided. If you are not sure at least make him wear a condom to give you some sort of protection.

Clarithromycin may cure chlamydia, but gonorrhea is often resistant to the medication. Clarithromycin is not a first-line treatment for chlamydia, either. There are easier medications that are equally effective.

Recurrent vaginal infections don't cause or turn into chlamydia. Chlamydia is caused by a bacterium that is spread through oral, anal, and vaginal sex; genital-genital contact; sharing sex toys; and birth to a woman who has chlamydia.

There are a few possible explanations. The most likely is that you contracted chlamydia within those three months. Another possibility is that you got the first test so soon after infection that it could not yet be detected. A false negative or false positive test is another possible explanation.

Chlamydia is an infection and if you are sexually active it is the only way you could have come into contact with it. Once you have it you can pass it on. You will need to confirm you have it by being tested.

Chlamydia doesn't cause bumps or a rash. Bumps or a rash can be caused by many other things, including STDs (herpes, warts, trichomoniasis), dermatitis, and infections that aren't sexually transmitted. Most women and many men with chlamydia have no symptoms, so if you think there's any chance that you're infected, you should see your health care provider for accurate diagnosis and treatment.

Chlamydia and gonorrhea can cause penile discharge and painful urination in males infected in the urethra. Like women, men with chlamydia rectally can have painful or difficult defecation; those with chlamydia in the throat may have a mild sore throat; and those with chlamydial conjunctivitis may have pinkeye. Over the long term, chlamydia may cause epididymitis, prostatitis, or orchitis in males.

Chlamydia has the same mode of transmission for circumcised and uncircumcised men. There is no difference. You can get it from oral, anal or vaginal sex; from genital-genital contact; and from being born to a woman with chlamydia.

An ultrasound doesn't detect chlamhydia. If you are at risk, ask your health care provider specifically for the test.

You can't get chlamydia from sharing a straw. Chlamydia is spread by oral, anal, and vaginal sex; genital-genital contact; sharing sex toys; and birth to an infected mother.

You might have gotten chlamydia from somewhere else, you could have some other infection, your partner could have had a false negative result, or you might have some other non-infectious problem. You should not rely on a partner's result to determine whether or not you have an infection. If you have pain or discharge, you should get tested.

Yes. You should abstain from vaginal sex or use contraception if you don't want to get pregnant. Untreated chlamydia and gonorrhea can cause scarring which can impair fertility, but a history of gonorrhea and/or chlamydia doesn't mean you can't get pregnant.

Although side effects due to the H2 receptor blockers are relatively rare and usually mild, a large number of adverse effects have been reported, in part because of the high use of these drugs.

Yes, a baby born to a woman with chlamydia can get inclusion conjunctivitis or pneumonia.

The portals of exit for chlamydia are the urethra, vagina, and rectum.

Yes, you can catch chlamydia from someone even if you're taking antibiotics when you have sex with that person.

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The mental and emotional effects of chlamydia are typically worry about future consequences and partner faithfulness, and shame from having an STD.

The physical effects of chlamydia include pain, discharge, and burning with urination, for those few patients who do get symptoms. Long-term physical effects can include infertility and chronic pain.

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Yes. Contact your health care provider to arrange for retreatment.

Typical treatment in pregnancy is one gram of azithromycin -- the same treatment for non-pregnant people with chlamydia. In many states, the partner can be treated without an exam, but laws vary from state to state. Ask your OBGYN about the possibility in your area.

Yes, she can get it ... get yourself to a doctor or a clinic if you have something, and get it cured. Until then just don't have sex. If you have had sex (even for just a minute) she now needs to go to a doctor as well to get herself checked, since you may have already given it to her. In the worst case, you might have given her what you have, and then get cured, but then get reinfected from her if she doesn't get treated.