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A 24-year-old male asked:
If your affected with chlamydia can you spread it to your partner if you receive oral sex if so are there other treatments than antibiotics?
2 doctor answers • 3 doctors weighed in
Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered
Psychiatry 27 years experience
Chlamydia is a: bacterial disease. Bacterial diseases are treated with antibiotics. The CDC guidelines for the treatment of Chlamydia include antibiotics such as erythromycin, doxycline, azithromycin or ofloxacin. Erythromycin or amoxicillin are recommended during pregnancy. Usually see azithromycin or doxycline being used.
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Dr. Hunter Handsfieldanswered
Infectious Disease 55 years experience
Maybe and no: Did you have a positive test for chlamydia or otherwise think you have it? If so, you should not be having sex at all until treated or cured. That said, chlamydia doesn't take well to the mouth and throat, and your partner probably wouldn't be infected. But it could happen and your partner should be examined and tested. Only antibiotics will clear chlamydia; there are no other treatments.
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A 21-year-old female asked:
Me and my partner are on our last day of antibiotics for Chlamydia the twice a day for a week. We had sex with a condom but, during intercourse today we had to remove the condom during intercourse. Can we still reinfect each other on the 7th day?
Dr. Hunter Handsfieldanswered
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Dr. Usha Mukhytaranswered
Gynecology 28 years experience
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A 38-year-old male asked:
I had Chlamydia in my throat, not in my genitals. Which is rarer from what I understand. I took 7 days antibiotics, so did my partner. We waited no sex, I retested 6 weeks later and still have in my throat! How and why?
Dr. Hunter Handsfieldanswered
Infectious Disease 55 years experience
This partly duplicates your earlier question. Two possibilities: Were you given the correct antibiotic? Doxycycline or a related drug (tetracycline c... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Took 14day dose of doxycycline for chlamydia and had a rocephin shot as well. I waited two weeks after finishing antibiotics, to have sex with cleared partner. Is that safe, Because wouldnt I have been cured? Or should I have waited to get retested?
Dr. Leslie Leightonanswered
Internal Medicine 39 years experience
You should be safe if partner is treated too or new partner who never had chlamydia.
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Answered Jan 22, 2022
Last updated Jun 28, 2018
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