how long, after infected with chlamydia, does a woman become infertile?
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Chlamydia itself does not cause infertility.  Chlamydia, if left untreated, can cause something called Pelvic Inflammatory Disease.  If PID goes untreated can lead to pelvic scarring.  In otherwords, after the disease is gone scar tissue builds up in the pelvic cavity and can block the Fallopian Tubes, thus rendering the female infertile.  How long that process takes depends on the person.
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If you've been having this for a couple of months, it's definitely time to see a doctor.  You could have an infection of some kind that could damage your ability to have children.  You could be very ill.  Whether you can afford it or not, this is your health.
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Yes Chlamydia is the silent reproductive killer.  You are either sympotmatic ( with symptoms) or asymptomatic ( without)  Asymptomatic is usually the way it goes.  Some symptoms include increase in urination, bleeding during sex, pain during intercourse and if you should have it and left untreated can lead to sterilty and for women Pelvic Imflammatory disease.  Make sure you go to the doctor if you suspect.
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It's possible, and more likely if you use a condom, but not certain.  If I can expand beyond the scope of your original question, one of the dangers of chlymidia is that many people who have the disease don't show symptoms, and even the tests for Chlymidia are not always accurate.  For that reason, in my experience in sexually active communities, people who have been with partners who have chlymidia are usually treated (with a simple antibiotic) for chlymidia even in the absence of symptoms or a positive chlymidia test.\n\nI am not a doctor, this is what I've observed, but if you've had sex with someone known to have contracted chlymidia, I might suggest seeing a doctor.
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Yes, you can get pregnant, but if you do have an std, you can pass that along to your baby. Especially if you have Chlamydia, which if left untreated can cause blindness in the baby as it passes through the birth canal.  Also, if you continue to get std's, it can cause you to become sterile, which, in my opinion, you don't need children if you cannot protect yourself.
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One will generally see the effects of seroconversion illness 3 to 6 weeks after infection with HIV. Not everyone gets this, though.\n\nIf you think you have been exposed to HIV, see your doctor about Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) as soon as possible. Call them now and ask for an urgent appointment first thing in the morning. The sooner you get PEP, the more likely it is to prevent infection.
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Yes, it's possible. The egg might be fertilized and get fixed in one of the oviduct. This has happened to me too. I had 2 options to make sure I wouldn't get pregnant. \n1. Take the so called 'second day' pill in  maximum 72 hours since the sexual contact. But it has some side effects, including unbalancing the hormone level in the body. \n2. If no more than 12 hours passed to to a gynecologist to prescribe you birth control pills.\n\nI for one, chose the second option and I haven't got pregnant. 4 hours had passed. I also tried the first option when I was ovulating (more probably to become pregnant) and I had a period in the following 5 days.\n\nIMPORTANT! these help only if the egg hasn't fixed yet. Anyway, the first step is a visit to the gynecologist.\n*hugs
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You can easily get reinfected with gonorrhea after successful treatment if you have sex with someone with that infection. If you have a regular partner, then it's essential he/she gets treatment at the same time as you, otherwise you'll just pass the infection back and forth.\n\nSome strains of gonorrhea are resistant to some antibiotics. When your doctor diagnosed you he/she should have taken a swab test that will check if your infection is sensitive to the antibiotic you took. Make sure you check the result of this about a week or so after.\n\nIf you still have symptoms a week or so after treatment, then see your doctor again. Even if you don't still have gonorrhea, it is very common to get other infections like chlamydia at the same time you get gonorrhea.
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right away.  if doesn't help, ask dr for diflucan-pill.  can take a few days to get better
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Once you both have finished the full course of treatment, you can resume sexual activities.  If your symptoms continue after treatment, you probably have been infected again.
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I had an iud inserted about 4 months ago. I had lots of problems with it. Prolonged bleeding cramping, and just yesterday it fell out!!! The doctors told me that I may have an infection called cervicitis and it may have caused my cervix to open slightly an for the iud to fall out (which I looked up and found out that it can be caused by having an iud) now I am bleeding and I have to wait for it to stop before I can get any cultures taken to find out if I actually do have this infection!!! Now I'm not telling you that the iud isn't a good idea because everyone is different, and for some the iud is a great form of birth control! You should know that they usually will not put one in unless you already have at least one child and are in a mutually monogamous relationship
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Depends, they say it takes 1/2 the time you were on it to become fertile again. I was on it for 5 yrs. and I got pregnant @ a year after I'd stopped getting the shot.
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It usually takes 2 to 4 weeks for the first outbreak to appear.  It is  usually the worst and longest lasting outbreak.  Encourage him to see a doctor.  I would avoid intercourse.  Good Luck!
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I don't know if this helps.  It IS confusing to figure out how it might happen that you would be exposed 16 years ago and just now have an outbreak.  That doesn't seem possible.  However, it is possible to be infected 16 years ago and never have had a primary or recurrent outbreak.\n\nWhat Happens\n\nYou can become infected with genital herpes when the herpes simplex virus (HSV) enters the body through sexual or other direct contact with herpes sores. HSV infections cannot be cured. Once you are infected with HSV, the virus remains in your body for the rest of your life. Many people do not develop symptoms and thus are unaware that they have the virus.\n\nFirst-time (primary) outbreak\n\nThe incubation period—the time from exposure to genital herpes until the primary outbreak of infection—is 2 to 14 days. The entire body may be affected, causing you to feel as though you have the flu. Blisters appear around the genitals or anus or in the area where the virus entered the body. The blisters break within a few days and become painful, oozing sores. The sores usually heal within 3 weeks (without treatment) and do not leave scars. Sores that occur in women usually take longer to heal than sores that occur in men.\n\nRecurrent outbreak\n\nAfter the primary outbreak, the herpes simplex virus remains in the nerve cells below the skin in the area where the sores first appeared. The virus stays in the nerve cells but becomes dormant, causing no symptoms. In most people, the virus becomes active from time to time, traveling from the nerve cells to the skin and causing repeated blisters and sores (recurrent outbreaks). \n\nSores from recurrent outbreaks usually heal faster and are less painful than those from the primary outbreak. People report that certain factors such as stress, illness, new sex partners, or menstruation may trigger recurrent outbreaks.\n\nAbout half of the people who have recurrent outbreaks of genital herpes feel an outbreak coming a few hours to a couple of days before it happens. They may feel tingling, burning, itching, numbness, tenderness, or pain where the blisters are going to appear. This is called the prodrome.\n\nPeople who have symptoms average five outbreaks per year during the first few years. Most have fewer outbreaks after that. The pattern of recurrent outbreaks—how often genital herpes infections return and how long outbreaks last—varies greatly. Some people have many outbreaks each year while others have only a few or none at all.\n\nGenital herpes infections caused by HSV-1 recur less frequently than those caused by HSV-2.
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madam,\n\n         it is advised not to have an intercourse, whether protected or unprotected, until 6 weeks after a normal delivery, as the female genital tract takes that much time to recover from changed during pregnancy and labor.\n\n during delivery there will be lot of blood clots inside the uterus, everything of them is difficult to remove by any doctor, and which will come down by their own.\n\nby having an intercourse, u forced them to come down..\n\nthat's it.\n\ndon't be panic, i advice not to repeat it. take rest, consult doctor if necessary.\n\nall the best
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Possibly, I had a yeast infection and it went away by itself, I was in college and too poor to spend the moolah on the cream.  \nI think u were diagnosed wrong, YOU did not have CHLAMYDIA!!\nChlamydia will not go away by itself. There is a cure, and chlamydia is easy to treat. Certain antibiotics are used to kill chlamydia bacteria. Both sex partners must be treated at the same time to prevent re-infection.\n\nIf left untreated, chlamydia can cause sterility in women and men. Chlamydia is the most common and most invisible sexually transmitted bacterial infection in the U.S. Chlamydia is spread through vaginal and anal sex, from the birth canal to the fetus, and rarely from the hand to the eye or through oral sex.\n\nHope this information helps!
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They all have different incubation periods although most of them can be revealed in testing fairly quickly.  You may never feel the symptoms for Chlamydiae, Urea Plasma, or even HPV (genital warts) but you can still pass them on.  Syphilis is a scary one for that because some people go years before they have any symptoms and by then you could develop heart problems and your reproductive organs could be destroyed.  This is why you would get tested regularly if you are sexually active.  Genital Warts can show anywhere from  2 weeks to 9 months? after you contract the virus.  Things like clymidea and gonorrhea should show up quickly after contraction but they are all different diseases and have different incubation periods.  I used to teach sex ed-class but that was a while ago so many of the tests may have improved since then.  If you have concerns then go see your doc or go to a std clinic where they specialize in that type of thing.