Can chlamydia stay even after antibiotics?

The only way that chlamydia would stay in your body after you started treatment was if you didn't take all of the prescribed medicine. That's why it's important to take all of it, even if symptoms go away before you finish the medication.

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What happens if chlamydia is not gone after antibiotics?

If chlamydia treatment fails twice, it may be due to antibacterial resistance, lack of adherence to a treatment regimen, or issues with absorbing antibiotics into the body. It is also common to get chlamydia more than once, so it may be a repeat infection rather than treatment failure.

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Can chlamydia keep coming back after treatment?

Chlamydial reinfections are very common—as many as 1 in 5 people will have a repeat infection with chlamydia within the first few months after they are treated for their initial infection.

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Does chlamydia sometimes not go away?

No, Chlamydia infections will not go away on their own. In some cases, a Chlamydia infection can be fought off by the body's immune system, but these cases are rare and should not influence anyone's decisions to get tested or treated.

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Why did my chlamydia not go away after treatment?

The only way that chlamydia would stay in your body after you started treatment was if you didn't take all of the prescribed medicine. That's why it's important to take all of it, even if symptoms go away before you finish the medication.

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What's the longest chlamydia can last?

Being tested means that you can be treated, and the proper treatment will help clear up a chlamydial infection in a matter of weeks. On the other hand, if you don't get tested or don't see a healthcare provider for treatment, chlamydia can live in the body for weeks, months, or even years without being detected.

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How do I know if my chlamydia is gone?

If you take the treatment according to the instructions, you won't usually need a test to check the chlamydia has gone. If you're aged under 25, you should be offered a repeat test 3 months after finishing the treatment. This is because you're at a higher risk of getting chlamydia again.

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How long will I test positive for chlamydia after treatment?

Following single-dose treatment for chlamydia, both pregnant and nonpregnant women should test negative with NAAT by 30 days post-treatment. Clinicians should collect a test-of-cure in pregnant women no earlier than 1 month. To avoid reinfection, women should avoid condomless intercourse for at least 1 month.

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Why do you have to wait 3 months to retest for chlamydia?

o It is very important to get tested again for chlamydia and/or gonorrhea about three months after you were treated in order to find any new infections early, before they do more harm to your body. You should get tested again even if you are sure that all of the people you are having sex with got medicine.

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Why am I still testing positive for chlamydia after treatment?

Chlamydial infection occasionally persists due to treatment failure, but repeat positivity upon retesting is most often due to reinfection from an untreated sexual partner or an infected new partner [4, 5].

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What happens if you keep testing positive for chlamydia?

In women, untreated chlamydia or gonorrhea can cause pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) which can lead to health problems like ectopic pregnancy (pregnancy outside the womb) or infertility (inability to get pregnant). In men, chlamydia and gonorrhea can cause a painful condition in the tubes attached to the testicles.

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Can you have chlamydia and not pass it on to your partner?

Despite this, a person with chlamydia can have frequent sex without the infection passing to their partner. If a person takes a test too soon after exposure, they may have a false-negative result. They may need to repeat the test at a later date to get an accurate result.

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What is late stage chlamydia?

Late-stage chlamydia refers to an infection that has spread to other parts of the body. For example, it may have spread to the cervix (cervicitis), testicular tubes (epididymitis), eyes (conjunctivitis), or throat (pharyngitis), causing inflammation and pain.

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Can you tell how long you've had chlamydia for?

Most people who have chlamydia don't notice any symptoms.

If you do get symptoms, these usually appear between 1 and 3 weeks after having unprotected sex with an infected person. For some people they don't develop until many months later. Sometimes the symptoms can disappear after a few days.

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Is having chlamydia for 6 months bad?

If left untreated, chlamydia can cause pelvic inflammatory disease in women, which can lead to chronic pain and infertility. In men, untreated chlamydia can cause pain and swelling in one or both testicles.

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What happens if you still feel chlamydia symptoms after treatment?

If a person's symptoms continue for more than a few days after receiving treatment, he or she should return to a health care provider to be reevaluated. Repeat infection with chlamydia is common. Women whose sex partners have not been appropriately treated are at high risk for re-infection.

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How long can you safely have chlamydia?

How long does chlamydia last? With treatment, chlamydia should go away within a week or two, however, the test may remain positive for 4 weeks after treatment. It's important to take all antibiotics to fight the infection. Don't have sex during treatment, or you could get reinfected.

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Can you reinfect yourself with chlamydia while on antibiotics?

Chlamydia is a bacterial infection that typically clears with antibiotics. However, a person can reacquire the infection, including during treatment.

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How did I get chlamydia if my partner is clean?

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. infected semen or vaginal fluid getting into your eye.

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Can chlamydia be spread through kissing?

Chlamydia isn't spread through casual contact, so you CAN'T get chlamydia from sharing food or drinks, kissing, hugging, holding hands, coughing, sneezing, or sitting on the toilet. Using condoms and/or dental dams every time you have sex is the best way to help prevent chlamydia.

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How do I tell my boyfriend I have chlamydia?

It's best to be direct.

You could start by saying, "Before we have sex, I want us to talk about STDs and protection because I have an STD." Say what type of STD you have and how you got it.

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Can you have chlamydia for years and not test positive?

Although some symptoms can appear within weeks of contact, there have been reports of chlamydia remaining dormant for over twenty years.

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How long does it take for chlamydia to go away after taking doxycycline?

It takes seven days for the medicine to cure chlamydia. If you have sex during those first seven days you can still pass the infection on to your sex partners and you can also get re-infected yourself.

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Does doxycycline 100% cure chlamydia?

Conclusions. In the context of a closed population receiving directly observed treatment for urogenital chlamydia infection, the efficacy of azithromycin was 97%, and the efficacy of doxycycline was 100%.

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