can you get chlamydia without having sex?
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Chlamydia was discovered in the late 1970s and is neither a typical bacteria nor a virus. It is very small in size, like a virus, and has some characteristics of bacteria but can't manufacture its own energy the way bacteria or viruses can. Instead, it acts like a parasite, entering cells and using their energy. It is caused by an organism known as Chlamydia trachomatis, but it is not always easy to detect. Ten percent of the time, people who have chlamydia will test negative for it.\n\nChlamydia is one of the most common STDs in North America. In the sexually active eighteen to thirty crowd, 50 percent have chlamydia. Chlamydia is particularly nasty because it is asymptomatic. In one year, about 4.5 million women in North America will be infected with chlamydia, and 60 percent of them will not have any symptoms. The disease can do a lot of damage, though. Some experts estimate that chlamydia causes 50 percent of all pelvic infections and 25 percent of all tubal pregnancies due to scarring of the fallopian tubes. It can also cause urethral infections, cervicitis (inflammation of the cervix), and PID, which can lead to infertility or complications during pregnancy or birth.\n\nIn men, chlamydia can cause nongonococcal urethritis (NGU). Nongonococcal means the infection is not caused by gonorrhea; urethritis means inflammation of the urethra. If a man with NGU has sex with a healthy woman, she will probably get chlamydia. Finally, chlamydia can also cause proctitis, which is inflammation of the rectum.\n\nThe symptoms of early-stage chlamydia are usually nonexistent for four out of five women. The most common symptom, if any, is increased or abnormal vaginal discharge, which usually develops about fourteen days after infection. Sometimes a strong, rather foul vaginal odor develops as well. Painful urination, unusual vaginal bleeding, bleeding after sex, and low abdominal pain may also be signs, and the cervix may become inflamed (noticeable when you are examined by a doctor). If your cervix bleeds easily after a Pap smear, this is also a major clue. If chlamydia spreads to your uterus and fallopian tubes, it will have progressed to PID, and you may develop some of the symptoms discussed below.\n\nOne way to find out whether you have chlamydia is to ask your partner whether he has symptoms of NGU. Painful urination or urethral discharge that appear one to three weeks after infection are telltale signs. About 10 percent of the time, men show no symptoms of chlamydia either. Chlamydia can now be detected in men through a simple urine test. The best thing you can do if you're sexually active is to be regularly screened for chlamydia by your family doctor. The test is 90 percent accurate. The screening is simple: Your doctor takes a culture swab of cervical mucus. It can be done in conjunction with a Pap test. How regularly should you be swabbed? Every time you have a new partner. If you test negative but still suspect it, request antibiotic treatment for it anyway. Even if you are treated for nonexistent chlamydia, the treatment is relatively harmless to you, other than the mild side effects of antibiotics discussed below.\n\nNGU can also be caused by Ureaplasma urealyticum (T-Mycoplasma), another STD. Some practitioners feel that this can also cause PID in women. However, culturing for ureaplasma is very difficult. If your doctor suspects it, it's easier for him or her to just treat it and not bother culturing.\n\nThe good news about chlamydia is that it is extremely easy to treat: Tetracycline will cure both chlamydia and ureaplasma infections. The drug usually prescribed is called doxycycline (Vibramycin), a derivative of tetracycline (Achromycin and many other brands). Two doxycycline capsules per day for ten days will do the trick. Tetracycline is cheaper and must be taken four times a day, but many people forget to take that many pills; that's why the doxycycline is better. If you're pregnant or cannot be o
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Possibly, I had a yeast infection and it went away by itself, I was in college and too poor to spend the moolah on the cream.  \nI think u were diagnosed wrong, YOU did not have CHLAMYDIA!!\nChlamydia will not go away by itself. There is a cure, and chlamydia is easy to treat. Certain antibiotics are used to kill chlamydia bacteria. Both sex partners must be treated at the same time to prevent re-infection.\n\nIf left untreated, chlamydia can cause sterility in women and men. Chlamydia is the most common and most invisible sexually transmitted bacterial infection in the U.S. Chlamydia is spread through vaginal and anal sex, from the birth canal to the fetus, and rarely from the hand to the eye or through oral sex.\n\nHope this information helps!
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First of all, the chlamydia has damaged your vaginal mucous membrane and it must heal.  Secondly, it takes that long for you to be non-infectious.  You should always use a condom anyway and MAKE SURE YOUR PARTNERS WERE ALSO TREATED AND THAT THEY ACTUALLY TOOK ALL THEIR MEDICATION! That's so they don't reinfect you later.
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If you have been harboring chlamydia for 5 months, chances are VERY strong that you could have pelvic inflammatory disease (PID, the condition that leads to infertility). If you have not already done so, you need to see a gynecologist and get a pelvic exam to determine the condition of your uterus and Fallopian tubes.\n\nFive months is a long time. Some women develop PID within a matter of WEEKS after contracting chlamydia. About 1 in 5 cases of chlamydia will progress to PID, and 15-50% of patients with PID will become infertile.
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you can have any std without knowing it, even aids; if youre worried you better get tested
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by having unprotected sex
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This doesn't neccessarily mean she cheated.  She could have very well had it since before she met you.  Most people do not realize they have this....\n\nChlamydia 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.  http://www.cdc.gov/std/Chlamydia/STDFact-Chlamydia.htm
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You don't have to tell people if you don't want to. It's none of their business. Chlamydia can be cured with a mega-dose of antibiotics. Go to the doctor (or planned parenthood), get the meds ASAP, and get re-tested. I would stay away from sex until it's gone, but then you're done.\n\nChalk it up to a life lesson that no matter how nice you are or how few people you sleep with, you're still at risk. It only takes one person with an STD to infect you. Chlamydia is actually pretty common, so chances are you know someone (besides whoever you got it from) who's had it too. And you're very very lucky you got something that can be taken care of, so take care of it and be careful.
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Only if you risk wanting to catch STDs. The patch, pills, diaphragm, etc. Cannot protect you against sexually transmitted diseases like Herpes, Syphyllis, HIV/AIDS, chlamydia, HPV, etc.\nGet the picture?\nSex without a condom, especially in someone who's medical history you don't know is like playing Russian Roulette, and the odds are just as bad that you can seriously hurt yourself.
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What are the symptoms of chlamydia?\n\nChlamydia is known as a "silent" disease because 75 percent of infected women and at least half of infected men have no symptoms. If symptoms do occur, they usually appear within 1 to 3 weeks of exposure. Symptoms, if any, might include an abnormal vaginal discharge or a burning sensation when urinating. The infection is often not diagnosed or treated until there are complications. If you think you have chlamydia or are concerned about it, both you and your sex partner should see a doctor right away.\n\nThe infection first attacks the cervix and urethra. Even if the infection spreads from the cervix to the uterus and fallopian tubes, some women may still have no signs or symptoms. If you do have symptoms, you might have lower abdominal pain, low back pain, nausea, fever, pain during sex, and bleeding between menstrual periods.\n\nMen with 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. The bacteria also can infect the throat from oral sexual contact with an infected partner.\nhttp://www.4woman.gov/faq/stdchlam.htm#3\nhttp://www.cdc.gov/std/Chlamydia/STDFact-Chlamydia.htm
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Don't have sex prematurely
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Unprotected sex does not automatically mean you will get AIDS.  You can only catch AIDS if you have unprotected sex with someone who is already infected with AIDS.
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No, not until it is completely cleared up. The infection can (and in most cases, will) spread to your husband. \n\nTalk to your doctor about treatment, follow-through with the treatment, and abstain from sex until you (and your doctor) are sure it is gone.
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Yes Chlamydia is the silent reproductive killer.  You are either sympotmatic ( with symptoms) or asymptomatic ( without)  Asymptomatic is usually the way it goes.  Some symptoms include increase in urination, bleeding during sex, pain during intercourse and if you should have it and left untreated can lead to sterilty and for women Pelvic Imflammatory disease.  Make sure you go to the doctor if you suspect.
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Up to 90% of women and men with chlamydia do not have symptoms.  When symptoms do occur, they may include painful urination, cloudy urine, and abnormal discharge from the urethra or the cervix (or both) in women. To diagnose that you have chlamydia, most doctors use a sample of fluid from the urethra or the cervix. This requires that a woman have a pelvic exam. A urine test also can be done if there is no other reason to have a pelvic or genital exam.
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It still could be a STD. Chlamydia is very "silent" and many women never know that they have it. If you have the itch and bumps still, I would suggest seeing your doc ASAP because Chlamydia can cause sterility and you could never get pregnant. You could also have lice if the bumps are black in color. Rid will cure this without a prescription. If you have any obvious discharge-and it is not normal to have a thick, white discharge that smells bad, it is probably a STD.
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About half of all men and three-quarters of all women who have chlamydia have no symptoms and do not know that they are carriers of the disease.\nIn women, chlamydia may not cause any symptoms, but symptoms that may occur include: unusual vaginal bleeding or discharge, pain in the abdomen, painful intercourse, fever, painful urination or the urge to urinate more frequently than usual.