Chlamydia Lay Dormant for Years
Chlamydia can lay dormant for many years.Chlamydia cannot live outside of the body. If you happen to come into contact with chlamydia that does not mean that you would necessarily get it.The infection would have to come in contact with suitable body tissue such as the cervix, urethra or cornea of the eye to live.
Posted by ginasparkles on 9/2/2009
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Your friend who hasn't had sex in a year could have chlamydia. Chlamydia can lie dormant in the body for extended periods of time, with little or no symptoms. This is especially true in the female. It's very important that both the patient and partner see a physician and get treated with antibiotics as indicated.
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Regardless of the results of your tests for gonorrhea or chlamydia, she needs to be treated as well. The timing of your symptoms indeed suggests you were infected during your October fling. ... A related discussion, dormant stds was started.
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The Archives of Chlamydia Questions ... Symptoms 2 years later? ... Can Chlamudia lay dormant, and only appear later??
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2. Can chlamydia lay dormant, produce negative test results, but still be passed on? 3. How long can chlamydia remain dormant before surfacing as an acute infection? 4. Could it be possible that I had chlamydia before ... I did a lot of digging and information is very sketchy, but apparently it can lay dormant for many years,
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I am a 23 year-old woman who recently got diagnosed and treated for chlamydia after being hospitalized with pelvic inflammatory disease. ... Surprisingly, many people have HPV who have never even had intercourse, plus, for many people it is an STD that can lay dormant for years. Therefore, your boyfriend might have contracted...
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So just how long can chlamydia lay dormant? Do you routinely test all patients, even those in long-term, mutually monogamous relationships? I've been married 8 years -- could one of us still contract chlamydia due to pre-marital "adventures"?
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; Genital Chlamydia ; What is it? The most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection in the country. More than 34,000 people between 16-24 were diagnosed with chlamydia last year – a whopping rise of 76% in the last five years. ... However, the bacteria can lay dormant for a long time, so you could catch it from a...
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