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Is it possible that i, a 17 year old male, after 10 months of having chlamydia am only now experiencing symptoms? or is that too large of a gap?

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NO: Many individual care the bacteria however, are not infected until later- this is called an asymptomatic carrier state, and the cause of many infections.

Answered 4/6/2016

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A member asked:

Is it possible that i, a 17 year old male, after 10 months of having chlamydia am only now experiencing symptoms? or is that too large of a gap?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Philip Miller answered

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