how long does it take chlamydia to go away after antibiotics?
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Chlamydia is treated with antibiotics. If you take the treatment according to instructions, it's over 95% effective at treating chlamydia. You'll be given a course of antibiotics for 3 or 7 days or sometimes up to two weeks.
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Symptoms usually appear one to three weeks after infection, but then go away, even if left untreated. Many people infected with chlamydia never have any symptoms at all. Chlamydia can be transmitted to the throat by an infected penis.
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You should not share medication for chlamydia with anyone. Repeat infection with chlamydia is common. You should be tested again about three months after you are treated, even if your sex partner(s) was treated.
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The infection stays in your body until you totally finish the antibiotics. Your partner(s) should also get treated for gonorrhea so you don't re-infect each other or anyone else. Don't have sex for 7 days. If you only have 1 dose of medication, wait until a week after you take it to have sex.
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When can I have sex again? If you have been treated for Chlamydia, you should not have oral, anal or vaginal sex until 7 days after your treatment is over. If your sex partners are being treated for this STD, you should wait to have sex until 7 days after they take all of their medicine.
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Symptoms usually appear within one to three weeks after being infected and may be very mild. If not treated, chlamydia can lead to damage to the reproductive system.
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If the cause of the bacterial infection is an STI, your sexual partner also needs treatment. Take the entire course of antibiotics prescribed by your doctor, even if your symptoms clear up sooner, to ensure that the infection is gone. You should start to feel better within 48 to 72 hours of starting an antibiotic.
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It takes seven days for the medicine to cure chlamydia. During that time, you could still pass this infection on to a sex partner.
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Persons being treated for chlamydia should not have sexual intercourse for seven days after single dose therapy (azrithromycin) or until completion of all seven days of antibiotics (doxycycline). Patients can be re-infected if their sex partners are not treated.
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Your doctor can prescribe a round of antibiotics that should eliminate the infection in 5 to 14 days. Catching the infection early is the key to preventing it from progressing.
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Wait 1 week after taking the 1-dose azithromycin. You can start having sex again the day after finishing treatment with the 7-day course of doxycycline. The LGV type of chlamydia is harder to treat. You'll need 3 weeks of daily antibiotics.
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If you are diagnosed with chlamydia, your doctor will prescribe oral antibiotics. A single dose of azithromycin or taking doxycycline twice daily for 7 to 14 days are the most common treatments and are the same for those with or without HIV.
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Once you start taking antibiotics, infectious urethritis improves rapidly. Even without treatment, the symptoms of gonococcal and nongonococcal urethritis usually go away within three months. However, people continue to remain infectious, and spread the bacteria to others even when they have no symptoms.
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Most people who have chlamydia don't notice any symptoms. Sometimes the symptoms can disappear after a few days. Even if the symptoms disappear you may still have the infection and be able to pass it on.
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In most cases, taking an antibiotic for 2 to 4 weeks kills the bacteria and clears up the infection. Your doctor will tell you how long to take the antibiotic. It's important to take all the medicine your doctor prescribes.
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After beginning treatment, most physicians suggest that patients with uncomplicated chlamydial infections (cervicitis, urethritis, and/or proctitis) are no longer contagious after about seven days.
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In mild cases, diarrhea may last up to 14 days after you stop taking the antibiotic. In more severe cases, the symptoms may not go away until several weeks after you start treatment. The symptoms may also come back after treatment.