Chlamydia...help?!
Question: i know chlamydia is an std...but can you also get chlamydia from just having sex. like, my boyfriend took an std test when we first started dating and i have only had sex with him. can chlamydia develop even if he doesnt have it? also....what are the symptoms i should be looking for. i know i should go to a doctor and get checked...but i thought i could get some answers first. please help...im kinda nervous
Answers: i know chlamydia is an std...but can you also get chlamydia from just having sex. like, my boyfriend took an std test when we first started dating and i have only had sex with him. can chlamydia develop even if he doesnt have it? also....what are the symptoms i should be looking for. i know i should go to a doctor and get checked...but i thought i could get some answers first. please help...im kinda nervous
Chlamydia can be in your body a long time without symptoms.
If you were with others before him, you caught it then. If you DO have it, you have given it to HIM. You don't say that YOU took the STD tests, right?
Yes, it is ONLY sexually transmitted. When you are sexually active, you should have a yearly pap test, and blood tests for STD's, to be sure you don't have anything, and aren't giving anyone else anything. It is called being responsible.
Don't be nervous any longer. Get tested. Most STD's, other than AIDS and HERPES, can be cured with antibiotics.
If any of your tests are positive, it is your responsibility to tell your boyfriend, so he can be treated also.
It cant just suddenly develop unless either of u have been sleepin round
Chlamydia genital tract infection is an STD and you cannot get it without having sex. If you got chlamydia, then it happened during sex and the person you had sex with gave it to you. That person must have gotten infected from someone else. I hope you get my point.
For more detailed information go to the following link:
http://www.cdc.gov/std/Chlamydia/STDFact...
Go to the Doctor immediately as the earlier you get treated the less problems you may face
Chlamydia is a common sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by the bacterium, Chlamydia trachomatis, which can damage a woman's reproductive organs. Even though symptoms of chlamydia are usually mild or absent, serious complications that cause irreversible damage, including infertility, can occur "silently" before a woman ever recognizes a problem. Chlamydia also can cause discharge from the penis of an infected man.
Chlamydia is the most frequently reported bacterial sexually transmitted disease in the United States. In 2006, 1,030,911 chlamydial infections were reported to CDC from 50 states and the District of Columbia. Under-reporting is substantial because most people with chlamydia are not aware of their infections and do not seek testing. Also, testing is not often done if patients are treated for their symptoms. An estimated 2,291,000 non-institutionalized U.S. civilians ages 14-39 are infected with Chlamydia based on the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Women are frequently re-infected if their sex partners are not treated.
Chlamydia can be transmitted during vaginal, anal, or oral sex. Chlamydia can also be passed from an infected mother to her baby during vaginal childbirth.
Any sexually active person can be infected with chlamydia. The greater the number of sex partners, the greater the risk of infection. Because the cervix (opening to the uterus) of teenage girls and young women is not fully matured and is probably more susceptible to infection, they are at particularly high risk for infection if sexually active. Since chlamydia can be transmitted by oral or anal sex, men who have sex with men are also at risk for chlamydial infection.
Chlamydia is known as a "silent" disease because about three quarters of infected women and about half of infected men have no symptoms. If symptoms do occur, they usually appear within 1 to 3 weeks after exposure.
In women, the bacteria initially infect the cervix and the urethra (urine canal). Women who have symptoms might have an abnormal vaginal discharge or a burning sensation when urinating. When the infection spreads from the cervix to the fallopian tubes (tubes that carry fertilized eggs from the ovaries to the uterus), some women still have no signs or symptoms; others have lower abdominal pain, low back pain, nausea, fever, pain during intercourse, or bleeding between menstrual periods. Chlamydial infection of the cervix can spread to the rectum.
Men with signs or symptoms might have a discharge from their penis or a burning sensation when urinating. Men might also have burning and itching around the opening of the penis. Pain and swelling in the testicles are uncommon.
Men or women who have receptive anal intercourse may acquire chlamydial infection in the rectum, which can cause rectal pain, discharge, or bleeding. Chlamydia can also be found in the throats of women and men having oral sex with an infected partner.
Hope this helps
You can't get an STD from someone who does not have it. For example, you can't get HIV from sleeping with a guy that is not HIV positive. So if he has been tested, and everything was negative you should be okay if you are both being exclusive. Remember, it's unfortunate, but people dolie about being tested.
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Chlamydia is known as a "silent" disease because three quarters of infected women and half of infected men have no symptoms. The infection is frequently not diagnosed or treated until complications develop.
In women, the bacteria initially attack the cervix (opening to the uterus) and the urethra (urine canal). The few women with symptoms might have an abnormal vaginal discharge or a burning sensation when urinating. When the infection spreads from the cervix to the fallopian tubes, some women still have no signs or symptoms; others have lower abdominal pain, low back pain, nausea, fever, pain during intercourse, and bleeding between menstrual periods.
Whenever the infection spreads past the cervix into the upper reproductive system, permanent and irreversible damage can occur.
Men with signs or symptoms might have a discharge from the penis and a burning sensation when urinating. Men might also have burning and itching around the opening of the penis or pain and swelling in the testicles, or both.
How soon after exposure do symptoms appear?
If symptoms do occur, they usually appear within 1 to 3 weeks of exposure.
Hope this helps!
Males are carriers and a female can become sterile if not caught in time. There are really no symptoms.