Can chlamydia be transmitted to your partner if you've had for years without knowing?

Question

Is the strength of chlamydia different from the time you get it from the time you find out about it.

Answer 1

In answer to your first question, yes you can transmit it to your partner without having any symptoms yourself. In terms of the 'strength' of Chlamydia, I believe that the longer it goes untreated, the more potential there is for it to do permanent damage.

Here are a couple of sites to give you some factual information. I would also strongly recommend that if you are in the slightest bit worried about it you visit your doctor or local GUM clinic ASAP.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/chlamydia1.shtml

http://www.nhsdirect.co.uk

Alternatively you can call NHS Direct in the UK on 0845 4647

Answer 2

Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by a tiny bacterium, Chlamydia trachomatis. Chlamydia is the most common treatable STD. It often presents no symptoms in men or women unless it leads to complications - when treatment can sometimes be too late to stop permanent damage. In some women, infection can damage the Fallopian tubes, which conduct eggs from the ovaries to the womb. This can stop the tubes working properly and they can become completely blocked. Chlamydia is the most common preventable cause of infertility in women. When the fallopian tubes are blocked, no pregnancy is possible naturally. One option is IVF (in-vitro fertilisation), usually no more than 20 per cent of women end up with a baby. Women with damaged tubes do occasionally fall pregnant, but there is an increased risk of the pregnancy developing in the tubes rather than the womb. This is called an ectopic pregnancy. The tube can split apart causing serious pain and bleeding. This is an emergency, because the bleeding can be life threatening. Infection sometimes leads to pain in the lower abdomen that is often mistaken for some other problem rather than pelvic infection. Men can also run into trouble. Chlamydia is the most common cause of inflammation in the testicles and sperm-conducting tubes (epididymo-orchitis) in men under 35. This causes marked pain, swelling and redness in the scrotum on the affected side, or on both sides. Chlamydia infection can also trigger joint inflammation in some men. If you are infected, treatment is with antibiotics. Make sure your sexual partner also gets treatment. Otherwise, the untreated partner just becomes re-infected. Repeated infection can cause far worse fertility problems in women. If possible, encourage your ex-partners to get tested, because this infection can stay unrecognised for months, if not years. Some complications are:- Women infected with chlamydia are at greater risk of acquiring HIV than are women not infected with chlamydia. Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). Epididymitis. Prostatitis, Rectal Inflammation. Eye Infections, Infections in Newborns.
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Answer 3

Yes.It is one of the most common stds around.The problem is that it can cause infertility if left untreated.I expect the strength is the same its the damage it can cause.In women it scars your fellopian tubes and can cause ectopic pregnancy.Both parners need treated i think the drug that is used is called zithromax,a two tablet dose.Its also a wise idea to get swabbed again 6 months later just to double check that its gone.

Answer 4

chlamydia can lay dormant in a man or womans body for up to 7 years without you having any symptoms. it can awake at any time and wreak havoc with a vengeance,if you even suspect you could be harbouring it ,get treated asap,a course of antibiotics stands between you and misery.

Answer 5

if you have had chlamydia for that length of time i would seriously get checked out by your gp or go to a gum dept at your local hospital as this could also affect your fertility and obviously you will be passing it on to your partner/s

If left untreated it could cause serious problems

Answer 6

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Answer 7

I am an alternative medicinal therapist and an ex nurse and I can tell you that this disease progresses as time goes on it does not diminish without treatment and yes your partner will get it

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Answer 8

It is highly contagious so if your having unprotected sex then your partner will most definitely have it. It does develop and in the worst circumstances men can become impotent and women infertile.

Answer 9

it is still contagious...you are a carrier..asymptomatic...ie..you have no obvious signs of it but transmitting it is a possibility...good luck...xxx

Answer 10

yes