relationship b/w gonorrhea and chlamydia

[moura123]

My boyfriend and i got diagnosed with gonorrhea last summer and we got treated for it but we were told not be sexually active for 5-7 days from the day we got treated, but we didnt wait that long, so i got tested again at the beginning of this year and i was clean but he didnt test himself again until now. i found out that he has chamydia now and i have to go test myself again. I have heard that usually the people that have gonorrhea also have chlamydia but we only got treated for gonorrhea last year. According to him, he has not been with anyone else so, is it possible that he has chlamydia because of the gonorrhea??

[Vance2335]

No. If you were both tested for gonorrhea and chlymida and both negative then this is a new infection and he has been with someone else. If you only tested for gonorrhea then he could have had it for this entire time.

What made him test again now?

[moura123]

we just had that in mind for a while already because we didnt wait the time they told us to but he didnt go to get tested again because he was working the hours that the clinic would be open and now that he had the time, he went.  I'm not sure if he has had any symtoms but then how come when i checked myself out in January i didnt have anything??? I haven't been with anyone one else so i know that i couldn't have given it to him.  And i believe that when he went the first time to get checked out, he only got treated for gonorrhea.

[Vance2335]

Well here is the thing. If you were both tested when you found out you had gonorrhea and both were negative then chlymida is a new infection since that time. But when you tested in Jan you didn't have anything...so this means either this is a new infection for him or you never got it. Which is possible.