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Chlamydia IgM blood test question?
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Are IgM blood test for chlamydia accurate? I am a gay male and concerned about rectal chlamydia, and my doctor nor the local clinics do rectal swab testing. Ive never had chlamydi, or another std. I have had a mucus in my stool. I can go to the local labcorp and get the blood test. As I understand it the IgM will measure recent/ active infections.
Are IgM blood test for chlamydia accurate? I am a gay male and concerned about rectal chlamydia, and my doctor nor the local clinics do rectal swab testing. Ive never had chlamydi, or another std. I have had a mucus in my stool. I can go to the local labcorp and get the blood test. As I understand it the IgM will measure recent/ active infections.
My doctor told it was highly unlikely I have an std since as a part of my yearly check up (10/28 ) I had a normal blood panel, and a normal white blood cell count of 6.0 (range 4.5-11).
He said if I had an infection like an std, that my blood panel would reflect. Do you know if this is accurate?
I ended up running out of lube and used baby oil during my last sexual encounter on July 3rd. The condom didn't break. Do you think that this puts me at risk? I started having mucus in my stool around the end of August, which is why I'm concered.
The urine was tested for gonorrhea and chlamydia. The results came back negative. Do you think that this is enought testing since I am gay, and have anal sex? I've always used protection. So I would assume my risk is low.
My urine test came back negative. I was not sure if this would pic up all infections.
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