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Q: How do you get clymydia? Wife tested + on PAP-test

asked by: DoctorQuestion on August 30th, 2007

Ok, my wife just recently had a pap smear for school. She has had these many times before and at the time she wasnt on any antibiodics or anything so imagine my suprise when we get a call to come in to talk about her pap smear. Basically, they said she has clymydia and the only way to get it is through sex. However, neither one of us has EVER had another partner. We are both 100% sure on this matter. We pride ourselves on being virgins untill we were married. So please tell me how we could have got it because the nurse at the health department sure couldnt and just acted like we were lying. Could they have mixed up the results or read them wrong?

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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD

replied on October 19th, 2007

Sexual Health - Men Answer A3314

Chlamydia is one of the more typical sexually transmitted disease. Either she or you imported the infection into the relationship. A Chlamydia infection can’t be confirmed with a PAP-test. The PAP-test is mainly used as a screening method for confirming or excluding precancerous (dysplasion) and cancerous lesions of the cervix. PAP-test (or smears) can also provide evidence of some infections such asTrichomonas, Candida, Gonorrhea…but not Chlamydia.

Chlamydia must be identified via special immunological tests. Chlamydia antigens have to be detected in the smear taken from the cervix or urethra. You can request another test to be sure if there was a mistake present during your first screening, or not. If the test is positive again you are definitely infected.

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