Chlamydia, infertility, and PID
Nov. 17th, 2013 11:36 am![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png)
I just got some bad news about having contracted Chlamydia and am getting pretty upset and hoping VP can help with some facts. You'll have to excuse some of the exposition. Part of me dealing with this is to vent. I'll cut the full explanation in case you just want to answer the main questions:
( The long and Sordid Tale )
I'm trying to do research right now to allay my fears/prepare myself. I would so appreciate any facts (I'm based in the US if that's helpful) and kind words people could provided. It's been a while since I've been here; but I knew I could come back to a wonderful community the second I found out about this and get the help I needed. Thanks you everyone.
I had 1 well women exam between my STI test that summer, my ex's 'test' and now. My pap smear was fine. Would/can Chlamydia be detected during a normal pap? If so, does the fact that it didn't show up last year during summer of 2012 mean maybe I wasn't infected until more recently?
Any stats on how long can you go with (as far as I know) asymptomatic Chlamydia until it starts affecting fertility?
From my research it seems that Chlamydia-caused PID is what really causes infertility. What are the symptoms of PID I would/would have noticed?
I don't yet have my full results back yet. If I come up positive for Chlamydia and negative for PID what are my chances for infertility? What are my chances if I come up positive for both?
My new boyfriend and I knew we couldn't have sex for 7 days following treatment (which we both got, me on Thursday; him yesterday) though we did have to find that out from internet-ing rather than the doctor/pharmacists telling us but we didn't know we couldn't have oral sex. I went down on him yesterday (Saturday) morning and he came in me. He hasn't exhibited symptoms in his genitals for Chlamydia but we were pretty darn sure it transferred to his eye and he got treatment for that as well as the oral antibiotics. I just found out this morning that we shouldn't have done that. Do I need to call the doctor and get another round of oral antibiotics for myself? Or would my dose (single 1g dose of azithromycin) from Thursday still be in my and enough to kill anything in my throat? We will obviously completely abstain from any sexual contact from here on out now that we know.
I'm going back to my OBGYN in a month for a follow up check up. Are there any tests she can do that would test my fertility?
Are there any other things I can do now to help increase my chances of future fertility?
I'm trying to do research right now to allay my fears/prepare myself. I would so appreciate any facts (I'm based in the US if that's helpful) and kind words people could provided. It's been a while since I've been here; but I knew I could come back to a wonderful community the second I found out about this and get the help I needed. Thanks you everyone.
I had 1 well women exam between my STI test that summer, my ex's 'test' and now. My pap smear was fine. Would/can Chlamydia be detected during a normal pap? If so, does the fact that it didn't show up last year during summer of 2012 mean maybe I wasn't infected until more recently?
Any stats on how long can you go with (as far as I know) asymptomatic Chlamydia until it starts affecting fertility?
From my research it seems that Chlamydia-caused PID is what really causes infertility. What are the symptoms of PID I would/would have noticed?
I don't yet have my full results back yet. If I come up positive for Chlamydia and negative for PID what are my chances for infertility? What are my chances if I come up positive for both?
My new boyfriend and I knew we couldn't have sex for 7 days following treatment (which we both got, me on Thursday; him yesterday) though we did have to find that out from internet-ing rather than the doctor/pharmacists telling us but we didn't know we couldn't have oral sex. I went down on him yesterday (Saturday) morning and he came in me. He hasn't exhibited symptoms in his genitals for Chlamydia but we were pretty darn sure it transferred to his eye and he got treatment for that as well as the oral antibiotics. I just found out this morning that we shouldn't have done that. Do I need to call the doctor and get another round of oral antibiotics for myself? Or would my dose (single 1g dose of azithromycin) from Thursday still be in my and enough to kill anything in my throat? We will obviously completely abstain from any sexual contact from here on out now that we know.
I'm going back to my OBGYN in a month for a follow up check up. Are there any tests she can do that would test my fertility?
Are there any other things I can do now to help increase my chances of future fertility?