how long can i have an std and not know?
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You can be infected with an STD for years without knowing it. Even when STDs don't have obvious symptoms, they can still damage your body. Untreated, asymptomatic STDs can: increase your risk of infertility.
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It's generally the case that STDs don't cause symptoms to occur for roughly 10 days or longer. In some cases, like that of gonorrhea or herpes, symptoms may come within the ten-day period.
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Do not have vaginal, anal, or oral sex — even with a condom. Wait until seven days after the sore heals. The virus can spread from sores not covered by the condom.
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It can take up to six weeks in some cases. From one perspective it would be great if one could count back a few weeks to find the culprit-partner. But that would require that tell-tale symptoms be present. Alas, up to 75% of women and perhaps 50% of men have no symptoms.
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If you want to be absolutely safe, have no penetrative sex or receive oral sex until two weeks after all symptoms are cleared. But if you still want to have sex, here are some tips to decrease the risk for UTI, either right after sexual intercourse or in general.
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If you have herpes, it is common to not notice any symptoms. If you do get symptoms, they will most likely show up between 2 to 21 days after sexual contact. The first time you come in contact with the virus and get symptoms is called a primary outbreak.
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Every STD has its own incubation period. For some STDs, the body begins to produce antibodies and symptoms in as little as a few days. For others, it can take weeks or months for symptoms to appear.
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It is fairly common for gonorrhea to cause no symptoms, especially in women. The incubation period, the time from exposure to the bacteria until symptoms develop, is usually 2 to 5 days. But sometimes symptoms may not develop for up to 30 days.
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If symptoms happen, they usually start anywhere from 1-3 weeks after becoming infected. People without symptoms can still have complications from the infection and pass it to sexual contacts. Symptoms of chlamydia can include: A clear or milky discharge from the penis.
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Symptoms usually appear one to three weeks after infection, but then go away, even if left untreated. Many people infected with chlamydia never have any symptoms at all. Chlamydia can be transmitted to the throat by an infected penis.
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In those who do, symptoms can appear in the genitals or throat within 1–3 weeks of the person coming into contact with chlamydia. Anyone who notices any symptoms of chlamydia or suspects that they have come into contact with it can see a doctor for testing.
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For example, it can take more than 10 years for HIV symptoms to show up, and infections like herpes, chlamydia, and gonorrhea can be spread even if there are no symptoms. That said, there are some common symptoms of STDs, like itching, a burning sensation when you pee, and unusual and bad-smelling discharge.
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The reason sexually transmitted diseases are called silent infections is that many of them are asymptomatic infections which produce no visible or immediate physical symptoms, thus an individual may be infected with an STD and not know it for days or weeks, even up to years because there are no symptoms present.
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And even if you do have symptoms, they may not show up for anywhere from 1 week to 3 or more months after the infection is first spread to you through sexual intercourse.
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If you've had or want to start having sex — vaginal, anal, or oral — with a new partner, without a condom, it's a good idea to get tested. Here's how long after exposure we can get a reliable test result: 2 weeks: gonorrhea and chlamydia (and a pregnancy test too!) 1 week to 3 months: syphilis.
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The time from exposure to gonorrhea until symptoms begin usually is 2 to 5 days. But it may take as long as 30 days before symptoms start. You can spread gonorrhea even if you don't have symptoms.
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The time between exposure to chlamydia and the start of symptoms—the incubation period—may range from days to months. If symptoms appear, it is usually 1 to 3 weeks after sexual contact with an infected person.