can your partner have chlamydia and you don't?
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You can get chlamydia by having vaginal, anal, or oral sex with someone who has chlamydia. If your sex partner is male you can still get chlamydia even if he does not ejaculate (cum). If you've had chlamydia and were treated in the past, you can still get infected again.
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This is known as a false negative result. This can sometimes explain why you might get a different result when you go to a different clinic to have another test or why you and a partner might get a different test result. It's possible for the test to be positive if you haven't got chlamydia, but this is rare.
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You Can Get Chlamydia More Than Once With some diseases, having one infection makes you immune to future infections. That's not the case with chlamydia.
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If I have chlamydia, what does that mean for my partner? Your partner may have chlamydia, too. Tell your recent sex partners, so they can get tested and treated. Avoid having sex until seven days after you've both started your treatment, so you don't re-infect each other.
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Chlamydia can infect the penis, vagina, cervix, anus, urethra, eyes, and throat. Most people with chlamydia don't have any symptoms and feel totally fine, so they might not even know they're infected.
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In fact, if you and your partner have had sex, it's possible your partner got herpes from you. In an intimate, sexual relationship with a person who has herpes, the risk of contracting the infection will never be zero.
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Additionally, getting oral sex from someone with a chlamydia infection of the throat can potentially transmit the bacteria to your genitals. You can't get chlamydia mouth-to-mouth kissing.
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You can only be certain you have chlamydia if you have a test. Anyone can get chlamydia, including people who've only had one sexual partner in the last year. You're more likely to have it if you're under 25, have a new sexual partner, or more than one sexual partner in the last year, and if you haven't used condoms.
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Anyone who is sexually active can get chlamydia, but the infection is more common in some groups, including young people and gay men. If left untreated, the infection can cause complications, including infertility in women and reduced fertility in men. It can increase the likelihood of passing on HIV.
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Many women, and some men, are infected with chlamydia but don't know it. Even without symptoms, the disease can cause complications, particularly infertility. The longer the infection is untreated, the more damage that can be done. If symptoms do show up, they usually occur within weeks of exposure.
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unprotected vaginal, anal or oral sex. sharing sex toys that are not washed or covered with a new condom each time they're used. your genitals coming into contact with your partner's genitals – this means you can get chlamydia from someone even if there's no penetration, orgasm or ejaculation.
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The bacteria are usually spread through sex or contact with infected genital fluids (semen or vaginal fluid). You can get chlamydia through: unprotected vaginal, anal or oral sex. sharing sex toys that are not washed or covered with a new condom each time they're used.
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The surest way to prevent chlamydia is not to have sex or to have sex only with someone who's not infected and who has sex only with you. Condoms can reduce your risk of getting chlamydia if used the right way every single time you have sex.
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If you are sexually active, the following could lower your chances of getting chlamydia: Being in a long-term, mutually monogamous relationship with a partner who has tested negative for STDs, including chlamydia.
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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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However, it is possible for symptoms to develop months or even years after infection, especially if you develop complications such as Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (in women) or epididymitis (in men). In many people, chlamydia never causes any symptoms.