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Can you get chlamydia from mutual masturbation?
A while ago, (a few months, maybe), I hooked up with a guy who said he was tested for all STDs and came out clean (we're both in college). He masturbated, and before ejaculating, he fingered me. I got tested for chlamydia and gonorrhea about 5 days later and came out negative, but I just found out that the incubation period is longer than I thought. Could I have caught it from this?
A related discussion, can u re catch chlamydia from masterbating while being treated was started.
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thank you!!!!
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
You heard wrong. A few days maximum. Perhaps you or your source of information is confused with blood tests for syphilis, HIV, herpes, or others.
really? i heard it took 6 weeks for tests for chlamydia to be accurate. You mean that isn't true?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
In theory, it might be possible to transmit chlamydia (and gonorrhea, for that matter) by hand-genital contact. But if it happens at all, it is exceedinlgy rare. For the purpose of STD risk, only vaginal, anal, or oral intercourse counts. Kissing, mutual masturbation, body rubbing, etc are not significant risks.
Anyway, you are confusing incubation period with the interval for accurate testing; they are not the same. Incubation period is the gap between catching an infection to onset of symptoms, which is typically 2-10 days for gonorrhea and 7-21 days for chlamydia. However, for both infections, testing probably is accurate within a couple days of exposure. Your negative tests are reliable evidence you weren't infected.
I hope this helps. Best wishes-- HHH, MD
Anyway, you are confusing incubation period with the interval for accurate testing; they are not the same. Incubation period is the gap between catching an infection to onset of symptoms, which is typically 2-10 days for gonorrhea and 7-21 days for chlamydia. However, for both infections, testing probably is accurate within a couple days of exposure. Your negative tests are reliable evidence you weren't infected.
I hope this helps. Best wishes-- HHH, MD
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Herpes spreads by oral, vaginal and anal sex.
Herpes sores blister, then burst, scab and heal.
STIs are the most common cause of genital sores.
Millions of people are diagnosed with STDs in the U.S. each year.
STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
Syphilis is an STD that is transmitted by oral, genital and anal sex.
