nsu or ngu can i infect my wife

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dear Doc i recentley had nsu which was diagnose at a gum clinic
in UK they gave me antibiotics for 12 days doxy...   pills
twice a a day   the diagnosis on card was c4n or c4h (I cant make out the last letter ) but it was definitely nsu
okay may questions

my last episode of sex was about 18 months ago is it possible i
(not with her )
have had this infection all this time  

I have recently in last 6 months got married and had protected vaginal intercourse with my wife(she has had sex with no one else  ) I had fellatio and cunnylingus unprotected ,is it possible I have given her the infection  

if so what infection symptoms will she have if any  
if she does not get treated what complications can occur
is it possible the infection in her has turned to Gonareah or chlamidia

Thank You

[mika123]

My boyfriend of 2 1/2 yrs. was  diagnosed  with NGU.The doctor gave him medication, told him not have sex, but did not tell him specifically to inform his partner. I  looked up NGU and all what i read said to inform your partner.He did inform me. A couple of weeks after that, i had to go to the ER for uterine bleeding, well anyway they did a culture and about 1 week later i received news that it came back pos. for chlamydia...We have ventured outside of our relationship when we did a threesome with another female.He used protection when having intercourse with her,and i performed oral sex on this woman. Is it possible to have contracted chlyamdia this way, and then could this have been what caused his NGU? I had a pap smear done in June and everything was neg.Does the test not catch this or do you have to specify for chlamydia testing.

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Dear doc assuming my wife has not slept with anyone else except me could she still have chlamidia or gonareah
yes i was tested and only nsu was diganosed they did not mention chlamidia or gonareah  .  

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

Nongonococcal urethritis or NGU (also called nonspecific urethritis, or NSU) is caused by several things.  Chlamydia is the most common cause and I presume the GUM clinic tested you for it; since you don't say you had it, I assume your NGU wasn't due to chlamydia.  That's important, because most of the other causes don't cause any known complications in either men or their sex partners.  Some cases occur because bacteria that are normal in the mouth cause NGU when they get in the urethra by oral sex.

But I'm confused about the timing of the events you describe.  You last had sex 18 months ago, but got married 6 months ago.  Presumably you mean your last partner other than your wife was 18 months ago, yes?  When was the NGU diagnosed?  If it was after you got married, it seems likely you caught it from your wife.  In that case, she should have been tested for gonorrhea and chlamydia, and should have been treated.

However, if you mean your NGU was a long time ago, and you were treated before you had sex with your wife, then she isn't at risk for infection.  A different infection cannot "turn into gonorrhea or chlamydia".

So I'm not sure how to advise you.  If in doubt, I suggest you and your wife both go to a GUM clinic and let them figure things out.

HHH, MD