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Does chlamydia make you infertile?

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Dr. Gerard Honore answered

Specializes in Fertility Medicine

Tubal damage: The main impact (and it can be extremely significant) of chlamydia on female fertility is tubal damage. This includes adhesions ('scar') around the tubes and/or ovaries, thickening of the tubal walls and disruption of the cilia that line them, to partial or complete blockage. A hysterosalpingogram (hsg) is often the first step in evaluating tubal damage, whether from chlamydia or other causes.

Answered 12/9/2013

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Maybe: Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted disease other than hpv. Every exposure gives you a 25% risk of tubal damage and resulting infertility. Also, if you had chlamydia you may be at increased risk of a tubal pregnancy. As soon as you are late on your period, do a pregnancy test and when positive, an early ultrasound to document that the pregnancy is in the uterus. Hope this helps.

Answered 4/2/2013

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