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| *Women health>>>Chlamydia |
If either my boyfriend or I had chlamydia and didnt know it and after being w/ each other 4 6months y now? |
We have been together for 6 months and just a month ago, my boyfriend came up with the symptoms. We have both have been to the doctor and have been treated, but something doesn't add up. He says he didn't cheat and I know I wasn't unfaithful. So what's the deal? Why after being together for 6 months, why did it take that long to show up? Chlamydia symptoms often go undetected. You are lucky both of you found out before it caused infertility. Because chlamydial infection does not make most people sick, you can have it and not know it. Those who do have symptoms may have an abnormal discharge (mucus or pus) from the vagina or penis or pain while urinating. These early symptoms may be very mild. Symptoms usually appear within one to three weeks after being infected. Because the symptoms may be mild or not exist at all, you might not seek care and get treated. http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/c/chlamydi... One of you could have had it from a previous relationship and not known it OR he could have strayed and doesn't want to tell you? Good luck though and I'm sorry to hear it! the symptoms take longer to show in males up to a year and a half from past exp(.ex. wife had it ) Just because you're only finding out now after 6 months, doesn't mean he went and cheated on you. It could be that mind you, but it's not absolutely 100%. Same situation happened to me, and it took a year to find out. I had no symptoms, and neither did he. He gave it to me though, we were both treated, and are now fine. Chlamydia is a very conspicuious STD. You can't really tell that you have it unless these somewhat little symptoms show themselves. So many people have chlamydia and don't know it. In any case, I don't blame you for being a lil suspicious of your boyfriend, but look at the whole picture as well. Good luck :) ~~WHAT IS CHLAMYDIA? Chlamydia (鈥渒la-MID-ee-uh鈥? is a curable sexually transmitted infection (STI), which is caused by bacteria called Chlamydia trachomatis. You can get genital chlamydial infection during oral, vaginal, or anal sexual contact with an infected partner. It can cause serious problems in men and women, such as penile discharge and infertility respectively, as well as in newborn babies of infected mothers. WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF CHLAMYDIA? Chlamydia bacteria live in vaginal fluid and in semen. Chlamydia is sometimes called the 鈥渟ilent鈥?disease because you can have it and not know it. ***Symptoms usually appear within 1 to 3 weeks after being infected. ~~sounds to me like someone hasn't been faithful to the relationship*** Those who do have symptoms may have an abnormal discharge (mucus or pus) from the vagina or penis or experience pain while urinating. These early symptoms may be very mild. HOW IS CHLAMYDIA DIAGNOSED? Chlamydia is easily confused with gonorrhea because the symptoms of both diseases are similar and the diseases can occur together, though rarely. The most reliable ways to find out whether the infection is chlamydia are through laboratory tests. 鈥?The usual test is for a health care provider to collect a sample of fluid from the vagina or penis and send it to a laboratory that will look for the bacteria. WHAT ARE THE COMPLICATIONS OF CHLAMYDIA? Each year up to 1 million women in the United States develop PID, a serious infection of the reproductive organs. As many as half of all cases of PID may be due to chlamydial infection, and many of these women don鈥檛 have symptoms. PID can cause scarring of the fallopian tubes, which can block the tubes and prevent fertilization from taking place. Researchers estimate that 100,000 women each year become infertile because of PID. In other cases, scarring may interfere with the passage of the fertilized egg to the uterus during pregnancy. When this happens, the egg may attach itself to the fallopian tube. This is called ectopic or tubal pregnancy. This very serious condition results in a miscarriage and can cause death of the mother. In men, untreated chlamydial infections may lead to pain or swelling in the scrotal area. This is a sign of inflammation of the epididymis. Though complications in men are rare, infection could cause, pain, fever, and sterility. do not depend on a condom for protection, as all condoms have a failure rate. they can break, leak fall off, and they all have microscopic holes in them that are large enough for the HPV and HIV virus' to pass through. the condom companies call this safer sex... not safe sex but safer sex because they are not 100% fool proof. you were lucky that it was only clamidia and not something worse. the best prevention is abstainance until marriage, and then both staying faithful to their vows. MORE INFORMATION National Library of Medicine MedlinePlus 8600 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD 20894 1-888-FIND-NLM (1-888-346-3656) 301-594-5983 http://medlineplus.gov Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC-INFO 1600 Clifton Road Atlanta, GA 30333 1-800-CDC-INFO (1-800-232-4636) 1-888-232-6348 TTY http://www.cdc.gov hope this information is helpful -- good luck to you~~ Yes, it is possible. There is the incubation period and you do not get symptoms during the incubation period. Then you might not have worried of symptoms even though you get them in milder form. Even the diagnosis lies on a high degree of suspicion. |
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