Can I test positive for chlamydia and not have it?

First, it is possible to have a false positive on these test results, and the poor husband may be telling the truth about his fidelity. Another possibility is that the earlier test did not pick up the chlamydia, when, in fact, it was already present.
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What are the chances of a false positive chlamydia test?

False-positive rates in studies that compared self-collected and clinician-collected samples ranged from 0% to 1.2%. For chlamydia testing in males, false-positive rates were 0.4% for meatal testing19 and 0.3% to 0.7% for urine testing,19,29 while false-negative rates ranged from 0% to 8%.
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Can one partner test positive for chlamydia and the other not?

A: It is quite common for one partner to test positive and the other negative, even if they have been having sex without condoms.
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Can chlamydia be dormant and test positive?

For some this is not going to be the case. A significant number of men do not typically show symptoms for STDs such as chlamydia although they are very capable of spreading the disease. Even though they are generally asymptomatic or dormant, they will still test positive for the STD.
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Can you carry chlamydia and not have it?

Most people who have chlamydia don't know it. Often the disease has no symptoms. You can pass chlamydia to others without knowing it. Chlamydia is easy to treat and cure.
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Can chlamydia be misdiagnosed?

In other words, a few people may be falsely diagnosed with chlamydia when they in fact have another infection or nothing at all. Occasional false results may be due to mistakes in taking the specimen and running the test, or because of contamination in the laboratory environment.
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Can you be a carrier of chlamydia and test negative?

The short answer. Yes, it is possible to contract a STI from someone who tested negative (for the STIs that they were tested for)… if (and only if!) they were positive for an STI that they weren't tested for. Or if they were positive for an STI in a location that didn't get tested, such as in the mouth and throat.
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How accurate are chlamydia tests?

Two to three weeks post exposure is the ideal time to get tested. The overall accuracy of the particular test performed: 98.3% accuracy for the urine test versus 94.3% accuracy for the swab test.
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How accurate is the chlamydia urine test?

The sensitivity of clean urine to diagnose chlamydia was 86.2% (95% CI: 74.8%-93.1%) and specificity was 98.8% (95% CI: 96.5%-99.8%). The sensitivity of dirty urine to diagnose chlamydia was 89.8% (95% CI: 79.2%-95.6%), and the specificity was 99.6% (95% CI 97.6%-100%).
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How long can chlamydia lie dormant for?

Most people who have chlamydia don't notice any symptoms.

If you do get symptoms, these usually appear between 1 and 3 weeks after having unprotected sex with an infected person. For some people they don't develop until many months later. Sometimes the symptoms can disappear after a few days.
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How does my partner have chlamydia but I don t?

Heather Corinna replies: If you had a partner before him for oral, vaginal or anal sex, that could be who you got it from and your current partner managed not to contract it from you (now or yet), or contracted it so recently that he isn't testing positive yet.
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How did I get chlamydia if my partner didn't cheat?

Apart from being infected at birth you can not catch chlamydia without performing some form of sexual act. However, you don't have to have penetrative sex to get infected, it is enough if your genitals come in contact with an infected person's sexual fluids (for example if your genitals touch).
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How did I get chlamydia if my boyfriend doesn't have it?

It can happen even if no one cums. The main ways people get chlamydia are from having vaginal sex and anal sex, but it can also be spread through oral sex. Rarely, you can get chlamydia by touching your eye if you have infected fluids on your hand.
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Why do I keep testing positive for chlamydia?

Chlamydial infection occasionally persists due to treatment failure, but repeat positivity upon retesting is most often due to reinfection from an untreated sexual partner or an infected new partner [4, 5].
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Can chlamydia lie dormant?

Regular testing is important to detect the infection. Most test results are delivered within 2-5 days. Can chlamydia lay dormant? Yes, chlamydia can lie dormant in the body, causing a low-grade infection without symptoms.
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What can be mistaken for chlamydia?

In women, both a gonorrhea and chlamydia infection might be mistaken for a yeast infection. Women may also experience painful periods, bleeding between periods, pain during sex, or abdominal pain. Although the symptoms overlap, the discharge caused by chlamydia vs.
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What color is your pee if you have chlamydia?

Signs of chlamydia if you have a vagina

Chlamydia bacteria often cause symptoms that are similar to cervicitis or a urinary tract infection (UTI). You may notice: White, yellow or gray discharge from your vagina that may be smelly. Pus in your urine (pyuria).
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Can a urine STD test be wrong?

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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How long does it take for chlamydia to show up positive on a test?

A doctor can test for chlamydia by swabbing the vagina, cervix, rectum, or throat, or by taking a urine sample. If symptoms appear, they usually present within 7–21 days of exposure. A test can normally detect chlamydia within 1–2 weeks of exposure.
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Can chlamydia lay dormant and not be passed on?

Because chlamydia can be dormant for years without being symptomatic, infected persons may easily transmit the disease to sexual partners without knowing. The ability to lie dormant may also be a reason why chlamydia is so good at hiding in the digestive system despite being eradicated elsewhere.
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Can two clean partners get chlamydia?

If 2 people who don't have any STDs have sex, it's not possible for either of them to get one. A couple can't create an STD from nothing — they have to get spread from one person to another.
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Can you get chlamydia in a faithful relationship?

Abstinence is the only proven way to avoid catching or spreading this STI. However, you can limit your risk of getting this infection by being in a monogamous relationship with a partner who tests negative for chlamydia.
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Can a UTI cause a false positive chlamydia test?

False-positive Chlamydiazyme results during urine sediment analysis due to bacterial urinary tract infections.
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Can chlamydia come back on its own?

Thankfully, it's also curable. But new research suggests that for some people, curing chlamydia doesn't prevent reinfection, even if they're not exposed to it again. Apparently the disease can live inside your gut, and reinfect you out of the blue.
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Can a man have chlamydia for years and not know it?

Chlamydia often has no symptoms, but it can cause serious health problems, even without symptoms. If symptoms occur, they may not appear until several weeks after having sex with a partner who has chlamydia.
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