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chlamydia/gonorrhea window period
by vworried315, Jul 21, 2009 05:36PM
Hi,
I had protected vaginal intercourse with a sex worker 2 months ago. I got tested for chlamydia and gonorrhea at 2 weeks, results were negative.
9 weeks after the encounter, I experienced mild pain in scrotum for several days. Today I did an ultrasound and it was diagnosed as epididymitis. Dr. said it's most likely due to Chlamydia or gonorrhea, and ordered another test. I'm still waiting for the results, but I was wondering:
is it possible for the test at 2 weeks to have missed chlamydia and gonorrhea? In genera, is there any data on the window period for these 2 STDs?
(p.s. I had no other symptoms of either STDs except the mild pain due to epididymitis.)
Thanks
I had protected vaginal intercourse with a sex worker 2 months ago. I got tested for chlamydia and gonorrhea at 2 weeks, results were negative.
9 weeks after the encounter, I experienced mild pain in scrotum for several days. Today I did an ultrasound and it was diagnosed as epididymitis. Dr. said it's most likely due to Chlamydia or gonorrhea, and ordered another test. I'm still waiting for the results, but I was wondering:
is it possible for the test at 2 weeks to have missed chlamydia and gonorrhea? In genera, is there any data on the window period for these 2 STDs?
(p.s. I had no other symptoms of either STDs except the mild pain due to epididymitis.)
Thanks
Member Comments (2)
by vworried315, Jul 21, 2009 06:18PM
i'm having second thoughts now. I know for sure I got tested for chlamydia/gonorrhea 2 days after the exposure, but the test done at 2 weeks might have only been for hepatitis and syphilis. i'll check with my dr. tomorrow.
by 2terrified, Jul 21, 2009 07:42PM
It was protected? The whole time? Because used properly, latex condoms should be more than 99% effective in protecting against std's.
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