Can i get chlamidia from anything but sex?

maisano · Newbie Joined: 30 Oct 2004 Posts: 14

Hello. I'm 22 year old male and I have some important questions. You see, they are about my best friend. Just recently she has admitted to me that she suffers from some Chlamydia infection and since then- I can't stop thinking on it.
You see, I know that she isn’t sexually active and I was just wondering how she could get it.
I really don’t know anything about these Chlamydia infections beside that they are sexually transmitted. Is there any other way for me to get this infection if I continue to hang around with her?
Please if someone knows more about this- feel free to write me about it.

wentworth · Newbie Joined: 28 Apr 2005 Posts: 26

Hi. I have just read your post and decided to help you because I know some important facts about this infection.
First, you don’t know your friend that good as you think. There is no way she could develop this infection if she isn’t sexually active. So, if she told you the truth about the infection- she is definitely sexually active because it is most common sexually transmitted disease. Chlamydia can be only passed during vaginal, anal, or oral sex. Trust me- if you don’t end up in bed with her there is now way you could develop this Chlamydia infection. Anyway, the most common symptoms are burning sensation when urinating, lower abdominal pain, nausea, fever and pain during sex.

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hi i dont know if u will ever read this but u can also get chlamidia from the mother transmitted to the womb idk if thats ur case or not but if thats not the case yes the only other way to get it is sex from all the stuff ive read and docters told me and u can get rid of it its totally treatable just go to the docter and he will give her some antibiotics cus if its not treated in time in can do reproductive damage so tell ur friend to go to the docter hope i have helped u

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Firstly there are definately other ways people can get chlamydia. I know this as i have been recently diagnosed with it. Ive been in a 5 year completely monogamous relationship and my fiance definately doesnt have it.
I found out recently that most birds carry chlamydia at some point in their lives and i happen to have a pet parrot. Symptoms vary depending on the strain of the bacteria etc but its generally flu like symptoms in humans that can turn into full blown pneumonia and effect your lower regions aswel. Thankfully if caught early its just a case of antibiotics and it will be history.

So the fact is that you can definitely get the infection in more than one way even if its as simple as being in a pet shop when your emume system is low, it can happen.

XDJosa · Newbie Joined: 20 Jun 2008 Posts: 1

There are other ways you can get it too not just through sex. I use to work at an OBGYN office. Chlamydia can be contracted by bacteria. You can be wiping your self the wrong way (back to front is the wrong way) for a while and get it (front to back is the right way). you could also wear tight clothing to where the vagina can't breath which causes sweat and odor that can turn into harmful bacteria too. Men that do not pull the skin from the tip of the penis can have fungus growing underneath the foreskin and have sex with you and that means your bacteria and his are mixing together. That can make new branch of bacteria. So yes you can get it other ways. I had a friend that contracted it in his eye from not washing his hands after using the restroom and at first thought i was pink eye. a week later they went to the hospital and found out it was chlamydia in the eye and almost lost his eye and went a little blind till. he wasnt having any kind of sex nothing. but he did have rectal bleeding so that bacteria from the rectum that got on his hands that he rubbed his eye with caused chlamydia. When you go to the doctor if you think you have it they will have a female lay on the table and do a procedure almost like a pap but they stick a beak object into the vagina and take a internal photo to make sure its not harming the ovaries and to make sure it hasnt turned into gonnarhea. then they will give you a shot in your back a little bit above the butt cheek and have you take a pill. then they will see if you have a reaction to the medication. after that they will give you a percription of pills that should look orange. they will have you take them to clean out any infection or infections you have. Then they will mail the test to the lab and let you know in about a week if you have it. they do the same with the guys they take a long tube and run it throught the tube of the penis (urinary tract) to take samples for the lab. The reason why some hospitals treat you there is cuz if you dont have it they just want to make sure you werent exposed to it. You can not have sex till you finished the treatment same with your partner if you have one.

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im so sick of people saying you have to have sex with other people to get chlamydia. I have been in a relationship for almost eight years and just recently told that I tested positive for chlamydia. everyone is looking at me like im a **** and I am not and I know my husband is not either it obviously has to start from somewhere and Im positive neither of us messed around so maybe someone needs to do a little more research in stead of blaming people for being unfaithful cause it just causes frustration. I also have two children 8 and 2 and never tested positive before. but if anyone knew me or my husband you would know we would never be unfaithful. im so irritated cause of this and im not going down looking like a**** when I know im not Mad

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