You are so right! Today I found out that I have chlamydia and never cheated on my husband and I know he haven't but he said to my that is impossible because the only way you can get it is to have sex and acuse me for cheated on him,I was crying so much! He read on the internet and they say that's the only way you can get it,by having a sexual relation! I do not know how they can write that,they are playing with people's marriage! Tomorrow I go to a specialist to tell my husband that you sex is not the only way you can get it! I'm pregnant and so disappointed on my husband to believe that!
Hello i just research how clamydia can be contracted on the internet and it shows that using the towel of an infected person can also cause it...so what are you saying they're wrong?
I think this person is getting confused with urinary infections, which are entirely different. You couldn't possibly get chlamydia from wiping from back to front. That's ridiculous!
Hey Guy's
I realize this topic is old, but the question is still very valid and within this topic there is a lot of mis information and myth about what chlamydia is, and how it can be transmitted. Firstly at the end of my post is a link to the NHS site, which shouldn't be removed as it is classed as an official reliable and correct information source. It will go into much more detail than I will, explaining fully what chlamydia is, how you get it and how it's treated and dispel these myth how chlamydia is passed on. There are many many myths regarding any subject on the internet and it can be hard to filter out hear say from fact, sites like NHS (national health service) and wikipidia are reliable and factual, so anything you read sourced there will be accurate.
OK so chlamydia is a sexually transmitted infection, meaning you get it from sexual contact It is transmitted from the sexual fluids meaning semen and vaginal fluids. This does not limit it to full intercourse as it can be passed on from anal, oral and even touching genitals without full penetration. There is one exception to this, as another person commented in that a mother can pass on chlamydia to her unborn baby. It is also not possible to contract it from wiping from your bum towards your vagina - however this is a way to cause urinary tract infections, which symptoms can be very similar to chlamydia. Can it be caught from towels is like saying you can get pregnant from a toilet seat as NO it can not be caught this way. One comment within this topic had mentioned chlamydia was a bacterial infection, and thus could be passed on by other methods other than sex. It is true chlamydia is a bacterial infection, however it is not an air bourne bacterial infection - such as a common cold and requires direct contact to be passed from person to person.
Sometimes a person may have been in a relationship for 6 months or more and due to symptoms get tested for chlamydia, returning a positive result - yet neither partner has been unfaithful, so why is this if it is only caught from close contact sexual interactions? Chlamydia can go a long long time undetected, so in situations like these it is possible one person has had chlamydia a while, not realized and is now only finding out due to the test results.
Symptoms of Chlamydia can be. Changes in vaginal discharge, colour/texture. Pain after or when having intercourse, Lower abdominal pain, or pain from the cervix, or pubic mound area similar to where period pains may be felt. For females there may be bleeding (spotting) in between periods. Also there may be burning when going for a wee. If you think you have Chlamydia it's a simple test either a STI clinic or GP can carry out, if it turns out you do have it, antibiotics are given, I believe this is a one tablet dose, although may vary so don't quote me on that. In any case it's very simple to treat but left untreated can cause very serious problems especially to females where it can lead to PID (Pelvic inflammatory disease) causing problems with conceiving, and in itself is very painful the treatment for this is also antibiotics, however they are very strong any many women feel quite unwell taking them, so if at all possible it's best to catch it before it leads on to this.
I hope this has helped some of you figure out fact from myth. As I first mentioned here is a link to the NHS site which covers it i far more detail and can be trusted as 100% factual information
http://www.sho-me.nhs.uk/your-sexual-health/stis/chlamydia.aspx
Yes this is incorrect information Chlamydia can not be caught from a towel, the site you viewed is not giving correct information. Try to only rely on information from reliable sites, such as official medical sites, not forum based discussions like this, s this is just users opinions and leads to a lot of mis information
Hi people. Having read all 8 pages of comments & replies given, I am astounded by some of the things I've read & would like to urge everyone who is worried about chlamydia to seek professional advice, or if you're going to do research on the internet, please use reliable websites such as medical ones & do not come onto forums like this looking for answers from people who may or may not know what they're talking about, because the problem you then have is trying to distinguish the ones who do indeed have knowledge on the subject matter from those who are just plain crazy! As I've said, I've read every post & have come to the conclusion that some of the posters are talking absolute garbage. I've picked out a few things that have been written that is misinformation. 1. STI's & STD's are the same thing - there is no difference between the two. The reason that there are two names (although the medical profession is trying to phase out the phrase STD & have all sexual 'illnesses' called STI's) is because some of the conditions do, or can cause disease ie HPV can cause cancer/HIV causes AIDS. The ones that don't cause disease are the so called 'infections', but that is the only difference. 2. Yes, birds (especially parrots) carry chlamydia & they can transmit it to humans but it is a different strain called chlamydia psittaci. It doesn't affect the same part of the body, it is a respiratory condition. Think Herpes - same virus, different strains. Simplex causes cold sores, zoster causes chickenpox & singles & genitalis, the genitals. Herpes IS NOT, as one poster stated, hereditary although if a pregnant woman has a flare up of herpes genitalis at the time of giving birth it can be transmitted to the baby. 3. Someone posted that chlamydia can't be an STI because how did the first ever man/woman who contracted it get it in the first place? The same question can be asked of every STI & therefore is a wrong statement. 4. A few people stated that doctors have said MRSA & scabies are STI's & this proves that doctors aren't always right & that they don't know everything. Yes, I agree that doctors can be wrong (& I'm sure that a few doctors agree too) but I cannot find one piece of documentation where a medical professional has stated that either are an STI. What has been said is that both can be sexually transmitted as well as of other forms of transmission - MRSA because it is extremely infectious & scabies because because bodily contact is required for transmission. 5. Some people are confused about bacterium, virus' & antibiotics. A virus such as the common cold, HIV & herpes can't be treated with antibiotics. Bacteria such as chlamydia, gonorrhoea & syphilis can. 6. Finally, Wikipedia is not a reliable source of information. Anybody can contribute to a Wikipedia entry, no qualifications or actual knowledge is required for a person to contribute. I often use Wikipedia myself but it's best to remember that not everything may be correct. So to summarise, what I'm saying is if you want to know how the organ works, ask the organ grinder & not the monkey because false information like the majority of stuff written on this thread can be alarming & harmful. If you need advice about anything, whether it's about sexual health or how to prune your roses, ask an expert - don't rely on getting a sensible & well informed answer on a forum!
Hey 8112,
Thanks for going through the entire post, I didn't have the time, but had noticed quite a few confusing issues popping up, you seem to have found more and helped resolve those too. I totally agree with you on wiki, being that anyone can edit posts or write them themselves, which although I refereed to it as a reliable source is why I did not link to it as I did the NHS. I had a link removed the other day for a medical site, and since learned this site only allows NHS and wiki as a reliable source's when posting links, I think a lot of the issues lie with the schools, if they could provide factual informative and interesting information from a young age more than half these young people would know the truth about diseases, pregnancy and many other things, and not need to rely so much on forums and friends to figure things out, but even in these times I feel the schools are to afraid to teach more than the simple basics and dont want to get involved in more detail, often due to parental pressure, concerned it may push their kids into sex at too young an age.- but thats a whole other issue
Hi again,
That's great your daughter can do that with you, mine is also 15 and will ask me most things, I've always been really open with her and her younger bro, because my way of parenting, I think like yours seems to be is arm them with as much factual info as you can do guide them in the right direction, education really is so important in areas like this and Im often amazes with some questions or theory's. I realize a lot is probably really young kids who have not learned much yet, maybe asking out of bordum even, but I still try and reply as there may be someone genuinely searching the same question. I even use sites like this to quiz my kids and will read some of the quest n answers and ask them which they think is correct to be sure there getting the right idea, but many parents are too embarrassed of simply leave it to the schools, which is not so bad where we are, as they start from about 8-9, with the basics and get a bit more involved around 13-14 but I was being told by someone from the US only yesterday in some areas they dont give them much info at all especially the more religious states, so you can see why they are looking on line and getting in a muddle with all the mixed and incorrect info available.
Mr./Mrs were did u school at. Glad I'm not one of ur patients... No real md would ever tell they're patient "ur lucky, it could've bn HIV". Lol u sounds pretty fraudulent. But definitely hilarious. A real md . Would treat patient, offer preventative measures from possible future infection, (ie) condoms literature etc. chlamydia is a bacteria, meaning it can be passed not only thru sexual intercourse... But most commonly thru intercourse. Do ur homework people piss on toilet seats masturbate on toilet seats etc. unsanitized the bacteriahas a short lifespan meaning sumone else can cum along and pick up the virus...the unresearched msg ur passing along is inaccurate and quite frightening. But u could actually cost people they're marriage. Shame on u....
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so if someone with chlamedya rubbed their penis on a toilet seat then I rubbed my penis there straight after surely I would get it or at least have a slight chance at getting it, therefore there is a chance you can catch it by a situation outside of the '3' ways.. I know the people mostly getting pissed off probably did have sex with someone other than their partner and just want to get off the hook but I just wanted to prove to the mds that it can be done and don't be so harsh on the slags, getting caught won't change them so let them get away with it.
So here is my view on the whole he did it, she did it issue. I have been married for over twenty years to a woman that I love very much. Approximately two years ago my wife said she was having discharge and some lower discomfort and wanted to get checked out. We went to the Dr. and she was diagnosed with Chlamidia. I really didn't think much of it not really knowing much about chlamidia so time went on without incident. A short while after this finding, my daughter in high school came home one day ticked off that this girl that gets around with the boys alot was trying to impress her boyfriend. She then proceeded to mention that she was known for being the Chlamidia queen:) I took up conversation with her letting her know this and that about the pros and cons of relationships and trying to calm her down. She said to me "but dad, if he does hook up with her and he gets Chlamidia, I will have to stop seeing him. Long story short, they are all good but it did get me thinking more about my wife. So I started searching around the internet and came across this site with every ones thoughts and arguments. I can truely say that if I listen to the doctors that have given their medical advice, and they are without a doubt correct in Chlamidia only being spread thru intercourse, I have some serious worrying to do. I know for a fact that if my wife did cheat on me and I come out and ask her if she has, 99.99 percent chance is she will say absolutely not! I think about the chance of the .01 percent chance happening with her admitting her mistake and that would really create some mental anguish and could create a immediate failure in communication and shorten my married life. (Horrible thought!) I believe there is no way of getting over this issue of insecurity since I will never ask her to really know OR I will have to hope that the individuals on here that are saying that there is proof of a woman contracting this bacteria without having intercourse are correct. I can say that since I have been concerned with this issue, I have experienced some serious mental torture at times that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. I do hope that if I continue to show her that she is my world that means everything to me, either way I hope to come out with a long and lasting relationship. Will I be able to completely get over the fact that she might have broken the one vow that I hold most sacred, I don't really know at this time. But until something changes, I have a wonderful wife with two awesome girls that I wouldn't give up for anything. Best of luck to all those that are in the same situation reading this and I hope your future is bright and filled with success and Love
I have no idea if anyone will replay back to this but I was just told I have Chlamydia. I have been faithful but i'm not sure if my husband has. What I am really worried about is I did not know I had this. After we had sex a few weeks ago before he left for a business trip I forgot to wash my hands when my daughter woke up (shes a year) I touched her bottle nipple without washing my hands, Can I give it to her that way?