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If you have an eye infection caused from chlamydia or gonorrhea. is there any chance you could have gotten it from some other way and not sexually?
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unlikely: Sexual transmission is the most common way by far for these infections, but any transfer of organisms from an infected person to another is possible by the fingers or innocent contact with a deposit of an infected person on an inert surface. These are all unlikely and the sexual transmission is the most probable cause for a given case. Of course a newborn can get it during birth.
Answered 12/25/2017
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infection: Since the disease is spread by body fluids, it is possible to touch an infected area on one person, and then touch the eye, resulting in infection.
Answered 10/24/2013
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