On doxycycline and I burn in about ten minutes
Started the course and the leaflet mentions sun sensitivity. I work outdoors. Is this a mild warning or a real one?
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Chlamydia
Symptoms, NAAT testing, treatment, retesting and partner notification. Share your experience with chlamydia.
Does it affect future pregnancy even if it was treated?
Diagnosed and treated last month. I am not trying for a baby yet but I want to know whether I have damaged something permanently.
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Rectal chlamydia and I have never had anal sex
Positive rectal swab, negative everywhere else, and I genuinely have not had anal sex. I feel like I am being disbelieved before I even say anything.
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Why doxycycline now instead of the single dose?
Treated years ago with a single dose and it was done in one go. This time I have been given a week long course of something…
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Missed two doses. Do I start the whole course again?
Busy few days and I lost track. Two doses missed, not consecutive. Do I carry on, extend by a day, or start over?
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Urine test positive, swab negative. Which one is right?
Two samples, two different answers, same appointment. Nobody explained which one they are going by.
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How likely is infertility, really?
Diagnosed and treated. Every page I open mentions infertility and I have gone from mildly worried to unable to think about anything else.
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Do I need a test of cure or just the three month retest?
Treated for chlamydia two weeks ago. A friend says get retested straight away to check it worked, the clinic told me to come back in three…
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Does chlamydia ever clear on its own?
Read somewhere that a proportion of infections clear without treatment. If that is true, why treat at all?
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Can chlamydia cause an eye infection?
Red, gunky eye that will not settle, and my partner was recently treated for chlamydia. Feels like a strange connection to make but a pharmacist raised…
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Retest at three months came back positive again
Treated in the spring, retested last week as advised, positive again. I have been with the same person the whole time and now I don't know…
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Do I really need to avoid alcohol during treatment?
Week long course, a wedding on Saturday. Pharmacist did not mention alcohol, the internet is split. Straight answer?
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Why a test of cure for the rectal site and nowhere else?
Told to come back for a repeat test on one site only. Seemed arbitrary until I started reading, and now I want to check I have…
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Joint pain a few weeks after chlamydia. Connected?
Treated about a month ago. Since then one knee has been swollen and sore, and my eyes have been irritated. Probably unrelated but the timing bothers…
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Can we keep passing it back and forth if we were both treated?
We were both treated, same week, same prescription. Now I am reading about couples reinfecting each other in a loop and I cannot work out whether…
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Pregnant with chlamydia and doxycycline is out
Found at a routine antenatal test. Told the usual treatment is not used in pregnancy. What happens instead, and is the alternative as good?
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Positive chlamydia result and I had no symptoms at all
Tested as part of a routine screen with no symptoms whatsoever, and it came back positive. I keep going back over the last few months trying…
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Do they test the rectum automatically or do I have to ask?
Booked a full screen and assumed full meant everywhere. Reading here it sounds like the sites they swab depend on what you tell them. Is a…
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How long have I had this? Trying to work out who to tell
Positive result and no symptoms ever. I have no idea whether this is weeks old or years old, and the partner notification conversation depends on it.
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Bleeding between periods since the diagnosis
Been spotting mid cycle for a few weeks. Started around the time I tested positive. Related, or am I connecting two unrelated things?
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Can I have got this from oral sex?
The only thing in the relevant window was oral. I had assumed that was essentially safe for chlamydia.
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They mentioned LGV. What is that?
Word came up in my appointment and I nodded rather than asking. Some sort of chlamydia variant?
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Doxycycline and my contraceptive pill
Vaguely remember being told antibiotics stop the pill working. Is that still the advice or is it out of date?
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Why retest at three months if I was cured?
Test of cure was negative. Told to come back at three months anyway. What is that looking for?
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Testicle ache that started after I finished the course
Dull ache on one side, started a few days after the last tablet. Treatment finished so I assumed this was over.
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