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Can chlymadia symptoms lay dormant?
Hi all,
First off, thank you so much for contributing to this forum. I have searched high and low for an answer to my query with no answer. It's so helpful to be able to ask a question.
My boyfriend has just tested positive for chlymadia. We have been together for a year. My last sti test was about a year and a half ago which was negative. Since then I have slept with my current boyfriend and one other boyfriend before I met my current boyfriend. My ex and I used condoms.
I have made an appointment for an sti check as soon possible.
I have two questions:
If I have chlymadia it is theoretically possible that I have it for over a year, what are the chances I am now infertile?
Secondly, I understand that the situation is that if someone is infected they either get symptoms within the first 3 weeks or not at all. My boyfriend got tested because he had symptoms, does that mean that he contracted the condition within 3 weeks of his symptoms? He said that he had similar symptoms over a year ago but they went away and his housemate had similar symptoms ( pain while urinating, blood in urine) around the same time as him. He thinks that whatever his house mate had triggered the chlymadia to become symptomatic? Is that possible?
I am leaning towards the view that my boyfriend had unprotected sex recently and contracted an sti. I wonder if he has given it to me and how likely is it that he has had it for some time.
Thank you in advance for your view.
First off, thank you so much for contributing to this forum. I have searched high and low for an answer to my query with no answer. It's so helpful to be able to ask a question.
My boyfriend has just tested positive for chlymadia. We have been together for a year. My last sti test was about a year and a half ago which was negative. Since then I have slept with my current boyfriend and one other boyfriend before I met my current boyfriend. My ex and I used condoms.
I have made an appointment for an sti check as soon possible.
I have two questions:
If I have chlymadia it is theoretically possible that I have it for over a year, what are the chances I am now infertile?
Secondly, I understand that the situation is that if someone is infected they either get symptoms within the first 3 weeks or not at all. My boyfriend got tested because he had symptoms, does that mean that he contracted the condition within 3 weeks of his symptoms? He said that he had similar symptoms over a year ago but they went away and his housemate had similar symptoms ( pain while urinating, blood in urine) around the same time as him. He thinks that whatever his house mate had triggered the chlymadia to become symptomatic? Is that possible?
I am leaning towards the view that my boyfriend had unprotected sex recently and contracted an sti. I wonder if he has given it to me and how likely is it that he has had it for some time.
Thank you in advance for your view.
Getting to your questions:
- Chlamydia is serious for a small proportion of people. Many people clear the virus after a period of time, but not if you are having ongoing sex with someone with it! A low chance of issues, but get checked out.
- Most women are asymptomatic with chlamydia, less so men. Some men experience stinging pee (especially when they start a stream!) and this is often within a few weeks of infection yes.
I'm afraid I would go with the view that your partner has had sex with an infected female recently. Your chances of having chlamydia are bordering 100% as transmission per sexual episode is 30% or so. If you do not have chlamydia, then your partner's infection is really recent!
Regardless, with your test result, you and your partner need to sit down and discuss. Put on him you need to know the truth of what he has done, broad reasons why and what does he think it means to your relationship going forward. Don't get stuck in details of how many times, how did he meet her etc. it won't help.
- Chlamydia is serious for a small proportion of people. Many people clear the virus after a period of time, but not if you are having ongoing sex with someone with it! A low chance of issues, but get checked out.
- Most women are asymptomatic with chlamydia, less so men. Some men experience stinging pee (especially when they start a stream!) and this is often within a few weeks of infection yes.
I'm afraid I would go with the view that your partner has had sex with an infected female recently. Your chances of having chlamydia are bordering 100% as transmission per sexual episode is 30% or so. If you do not have chlamydia, then your partner's infection is really recent!
Regardless, with your test result, you and your partner need to sit down and discuss. Put on him you need to know the truth of what he has done, broad reasons why and what does he think it means to your relationship going forward. Don't get stuck in details of how many times, how did he meet her etc. it won't help.
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Hi Fleetwood, thank so you much for your response.
I am getting checked out, I will also ask my boyfriend to get a broad sti check including hiv to make sure he had nothing else, I understand that hiv can't take up to 3 months to appear on a test, is that correct?
Thanks for your advice, I think the likelihood is that it was transmitted recently. However, I think my boyfriend will tell me that it has been dormant in his system for over a year and whatever his housemate had triggered symptoms in him. His housemate and he are both heterosexual men so I don't think they have been having sex with each other! My boyfriend has said that he had similar symptoms over a year ago which went away without treatment and so he thinks he has had it for a long time.
I'm wondering about the plausibility of this explanation? I don't know enough to about chlymadia to understand if his explanation is possible and, if possible, likely.
Thanks so much for your response and time.
I am getting checked out, I will also ask my boyfriend to get a broad sti check including hiv to make sure he had nothing else, I understand that hiv can't take up to 3 months to appear on a test, is that correct?
Thanks for your advice, I think the likelihood is that it was transmitted recently. However, I think my boyfriend will tell me that it has been dormant in his system for over a year and whatever his housemate had triggered symptoms in him. His housemate and he are both heterosexual men so I don't think they have been having sex with each other! My boyfriend has said that he had similar symptoms over a year ago which went away without treatment and so he thinks he has had it for a long time.
I'm wondering about the plausibility of this explanation? I don't know enough to about chlymadia to understand if his explanation is possible and, if possible, likely.
Thanks so much for your response and time.
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