Medication for chlamydia should not be shared with anyone. Although medication will stop the infection, it will not repair any permanent damage done by the disease. Repeat infection with chlamydia is common.
Women whose sex partners have not been appropriately treated are at high risk for re-infection. Women and men with chlamydia should be retested about three months after treatment of an initial infection, regardless of whether they believe that their sex partners were successfully treated. Chlamydial infection in infants can be treated with antibiotics. Skip directly to site content Skip directly to page options Skip directly to A-Z link. Section Navigation. Chlamydia can usually be effectively treated with antibiotics.
You may be started on antibiotics once test results have confirmed you have chlamydia. But if it's very likely you have the infection, you might be started on treatment before you get your results. Your doctor may give you different antibiotics, such as amoxicillin or erythromycin , if you have an allergy or are pregnant or breastfeeding.
A longer course of antibiotics may be used if your doctor is concerned about complications of chlamydia. Some people experience side effects during treatment, but these are usually mild.
The most common side effects include stomach ache , diarrhoea , feeling sick, and thrush in women. If you had doxycycline, you shouldn't have sex — including vaginal, oral or anal sex, even with a condom — until both you and your partner s have completed treatment. Testing and treatment are the best ways to prevent health problems. Most people who have chlamydia have no symptoms. If you do have symptoms, they may not appear until several weeks after you have sex with an infected partner.
Even when chlamydia causes no symptoms, it can damage your reproductive system. Men and women can also get infected with chlamydia in their rectum. This happens either by having receptive anal sex, or by spread from another infected site such as the vagina. While these infections often cause no symptoms, they can cause.
You should be examined by your doctor if you notice any of these symptoms or if your partner has an STD or symptoms of an STD. STD symptoms can include an unusual sore, a smelly discharge, burning when urinating, or bleeding between periods.
Laboratory tests can diagnose chlamydia. Your health care provider may ask you to provide a urine sample or may use or ask you to use a cotton swab to get a sample from your vagina to test for chlamydia. Yes, chlamydia can be cured with the right treatment. It is important that you take all of the medication your doctor prescribes to cure your infection.
When taken properly it will stop the infection and could decrease your chances of having complications later on. You should not share medication for chlamydia with anyone. Repeat infection with chlamydia is common. You should be tested again about three months after you are treated, even if your sex partner s was treated. You should not have sex again until you and your sex partner s have completed treatment.
If your doctor prescribes a single dose of medication, you should wait seven days after taking the medicine before having sex. If your doctor prescribes a medicine for you to take for seven days, you should wait until you have taken all of the doses before having sex.
The initial damage that chlamydia causes often goes unnoticed. However, chlamydia can lead to serious health problems.
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