Myths and facts about chlamydia

Fact: Anyone can get chlamydia if they have sex with an infected person without a condom. Fact: The bacterium that causes chlamydia does not live outside of the human body, so you can only be infected by having sex with an infected person without a condom. Fact: is effective in preventing pregnancy.

STIs., or anal sex with an infected person and not using a condom. Fact: reduce the risk of STIs – including chlamydia.

Using male or female condoms during vaginal and anal sex creates a protective barrier from these infections. Fact: Chlamydia is known as a ‘silent’ infection, because there may be no signs or symptoms, and it does not make you feel unwell. Fact: Without antibiotic treatment, chlamydia may continue to affect you and can lead to infertility in both for chlamydia: Urine test (also called a urinalysis) – you urinate (pee) into a cup and your urine is then tested for chlamydia.

Swab test – a fluid sample is taken with a cotton swab from an infected site (vagina, cervix, rectum, or throat) and then tested. Fact: Chlamydia is easily treated with antibiotics.

However, if left untreated, permanent damage can occur such as scarring of your, which can affect your fertility.

Fact: Even if you have been treated in the past for chlamydia, you can get a new chlamydia infection if you have sex with an infected person without using a condom. Chlamydia is a sexually transmissible infection (STI) that is caused by the bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis Myth: Chlamydia only affects females Myth: You can catch chlamydia from a toilet seat Myth: Oral contraception can protect against chlamydia Oral contraception (such as the pill) Male and female condoms Myth: You cant get chlamydia through oral or anal sex Fact: Chlamydia is spread through vaginal, oral Myth: Chlamydia infections cannot be prevented Safer sex practices Myth: You can tell if you have chlamydia Myth: Chlamydia infections can go away on their own men and women Myth: Getting tested for chlamydia is not easy Fact: There are two simple pathology tests Myth: Chlamydia is difficult to treat reproductive organs Myth: I can only get chlamydia once.