How did I get chlamydia and my partner didn t?

As most people do not have symptoms, it is possible the person (who tested positive) could have had chlamydia/gonorrhea from a previous relationship, and has not passed it to their partner yet. It is never 100% that you will pass an STI when you have sex.

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Is it possible for one partner to have chlamydia and not the other?

It can be confusing if one partner tests positive for chlamydia or another STI and the other does not. However, this can happen for many reasons, including false positives and false negatives. Even the most contagious STIs do not transmit from one partner to another every time they have sex.

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How do you get chlamydia if you didn't cheat?

How did I get chlamydia if I didn't cheat? You can get chlamydia if your partner had vaginal, oral or anal sex with someone who was infected and then had sex with you.

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How did I get chlamydia if my partner tested negative?

Your sexual partner would need to have an STI for them to be able to pass one to you. What could happen is they have a negative test but end up having an STI (we call this a false negative test). It's also possible they could have an STI that was not tested for.

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Will I definitely get chlamydia if my partner has it?

You can get chlamydia by having vaginal, anal, or oral sex with someone who has chlamydia. Also, you can still get chlamydia even if your sex partner does not ejaculate (cum). A pregnant person with chlamydia can give the infection to their baby during childbirth.

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How I Got Chlamydia

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How common are false positives for chlamydia?

Using a test with 97.2% sensitivity and 98.5% specificity,3 the positive and negative predictive values are 49.7% and 99.9%, respectively. That means the chance that a positive result is a false positive is greater than 50%.

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Is it easy for a man to get chlamydia from a woman?

We found that 76% of males and 77% of females tested positive for chlamydia by NAAT when their partners tested positive. Infection in males was significantly more likely when their female partner reported vaginal discharge or when their female partner had signs of cervicitis on physical examination.

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Can a man give you chlamydia and test negative?

This is because the bacteria needs enough time to multiply within your body in order for it to reach a detectable level when taking a chlamydia test. For chlamydia this is often 14 days. If you test before that 14 days is over, you may test negative, but you could still pass the bacteria on following your test.

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Can you get chlamydia in a committed relationship?

Can you get an STI in a long term relationship? Yes! Even if you're in a long-term, monogamous relationship, it's possible for you or your partner to have a previously undiagnosed and untreated STI.

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Can a UTI cause a false positive chlamydia test?

False-positive Chlamydiazyme results during urine sediment analysis due to bacterial urinary tract infections.

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Does me having chlamydia mean my partner cheated?

It's quite another to learn you have an STI while you're in a monogamous relationship. If you have been totally faithful, you may assume that your partner acquired the infection while being unfaithful. Though it's possible they may have been intimate with someone else, it's also possible they never cheated at all.

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How can you get chlamydia in a faithful relationship?

You can only get chlamydia from someone already infected with the STI; it's transmitted by vaginal, anal, or oral sex. If you've had it before, you can get reinfected with it, regardless if you were in contact with bodily fluids or not.

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Can you get chlamydia from doing nothing?

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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Can you test positive for chlamydia and not have it?

This can sometimes occur with tests used to diagnose sexually transmitted infections (STIs). For example, a person's urine test for chlamydia may be positive but their genital culture may come back negative. False-negative results are those in which you have a condition but the test says you don't.

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Is it harder for a man to get chlamydia?

Previous data suggest that females are more likely to contract Chlamydia trachomatis from infected males than males are likely to contract it from females.

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Can a couple have chlamydia for years without knowing?

Symptoms can occur within 2-14 days after infection. However, a person may have chlamydia for months, or even years, without knowing it.

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Where did my partner get chlamydia?

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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Can a monogamous couple get chlamydia?

But it's quite possible to contract an STI in a completely monogamous relationship. If you develop STI symptoms or get diagnosed with one, it behooves you to tell your partner(s) as quickly as possible. It's essential to speak up. It's also difficult.

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How long can chlamydia lie dormant?

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.

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How often are chlamydia tests wrong?

If the test says that you do not have chlamydia, this result is accurate for around 99 in every 100 people. On the other hand, if the test says that you do have chlamydia, this result is accurate for at least 90 people in every 100.

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Is chlamydia a big deal for men?

Men are less likely than women to have major health problems linked to chlamydia, although they can develop epididymitis, an inflammation of a structure within the testicles called the epididymis that can result in infertility. A chlamydia infection can sometimes result in reactive arthritis in both men and women.

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How does chlamydia start in a man?

Chlamydia spreads through vaginal, anal, or oral sex with someone with the infection. Semen does not have to be present to get or spread the infection.

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How do males contract chlamydia?

Chlamydia infection in males is usually an infection of the urethra. The urethra is the tube that drains urine from the bladder. It passes through the penis. This type of infection is passed from one person to another during sexual contact.

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Can a yeast infection show up as chlamydia?

Chlamydia or Gonorrhea

They also produce an abnormal discharge, as do yeast infections, but there are some notable differences in the discharge. While yeast infections produce thick, white, cottage-cheese like discharge, Chlamydia can cause white, green or yellow discharge. Gonorrhea discharge is white or green.

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Can a UTI show up as chlamydia?

The main symptom that chlamydia does not share with UTIs is penile or vaginal discharge. A chlamydial infection can cause a yellowish, strong-smelling vaginal discharge or a watery, milky penile discharge. Urinary tract infections are not known to cause any sort of abnormal genital discharge.

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