can you have chlamydia for years and test negative?
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The recommended tests are over 95% accurate in picking up chlamydia. As no test is 100% accurate there's a small chance that the test will give a negative result when you do have the infection. This is known as a false negative result.
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You could still have trichomonas even if a partner has tested negative. If you have trichomonas, you should be tested for other sexually transmitted infections as you can have more than one sexually transmitted infection at once.
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A: It is quite common for one partner to test positive and the other negative, even if they have been having sex without condoms. Mostly this is explained by luck and the role of other risk factors. Over time, most people will catch HIV if they continue to be at risk.
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Retesting for reinfection of chlamydia is done routinely. A test-of-cure, however, is performed three to four weeks after treatment and is only done under the following circumstances: If concern exists regarding persistence of infection despite treatment. If symptoms of infection persist.
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After beginning treatment, most physicians suggest that patients with uncomplicated chlamydial infections (cervicitis, urethritis, and/or proctitis) are no longer contagious after about seven days. Tests that detect chlamydia in the urine and in other secretions are available.
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Conclusions. Patients with a recent urogenital chlamydia are at high risk of recurrence of chlamydia and retesting them is an effective way of detecting chlamydia cases. We recommend inviting patients for a re-test 8 weeks after the initial diagnosis and treatment.
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Men and women who have been treated for chlamydia should be retested approximately 3 months after treatment, regardless of whether they believe that their sex partners were treated (480,481).
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You should not share medication for chlamydia with anyone. Repeat infection with chlamydia is common. You should be tested again about three months after you are treated, even if your sex partner(s) was treated.
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Data from the CDC suggest that for both STIs, a false positive is incredibly rare (99 percent of the time tests that come back negative are accurate). And if you do have the STI, it'll pick it up more than 90 percent of the time.
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A few studies examined chlamydia over the course of a year — including the first one, from the 1970s, when chlamydia was first identified as an STD — and have found that, among women infected with chlamydia, roughly half will still have it a year or more later.
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You Can Get Chlamydia More Than Once With some diseases, having one infection makes you immune to future infections. That's not the case with chlamydia. If you engage in sexual activity with a person who has a chlamydia infection, you can get it again, even if you've just completed treatment for it.
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Having a negative gonorrhea test results means that you do not have an active gonorrhea infection at the time of taking the test.
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Due to these risks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that any person who tests positive for chlamydia be retested three months after treatment.
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Some tests you can buy may be less reliable. Remember that no test is 100% accurate. There is a small chance that a test may show negative even when you have chlamydia. This is called a false negative test result.
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Most people who have chlamydia don't notice any symptoms. For some people they don't develop until many months later. Sometimes the symptoms can disappear after a few days. Even if the symptoms disappear you may still have the infection and be able to pass it on.
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You can be infected with an STD for years without knowing it. Even when STDs don't have obvious symptoms, they can still damage your body.
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Potential for false positives and negatives The VDRL test isn't always accurate. For example, you may have false-negative results if you've had syphilis for less than three months, as it could take this long for your body to make antibodies. The test is also unreliable in late-stage syphilis.