how long does it take for chamlydia to show up on tests once you have been infected? xx
2007-03-13 07:54:11 · 2 answers · asked by uni girl 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
Whoa, that answer you got from the previous poster was TOTALLY wrong.
Sexually-transmitted chlamydia is NOT a skin infection. It is a bacteria that infects the reproductive tract. Chlamydia thrives in moist places, like mucosa (vaginal, cervical, ocular).
It can incubate for about 3 to 21 days. That means it'll be 3 to 21 days before you can show up positive on a test. A week following initial infection should be long enough to yield an accurate test result. Usually the test is done on a urine sample, but the doctor can also swab the cervix and do a culture.
2007-03-13 12:47:53 · answer #1 · answered by Gumdrop Girl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chlamydia is a bacteria that lives on the skin's surface, so really it can show up as soon as you've been infected. It would be more likely that a test wouldn't miss the infection after a week or so, however, as is true with most infections!
2007-03-13 15:01:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋