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Q: chlamydia ??

asked by: kermit1981 on July 2nd, 2007

New User

My husband of 3 years (and boyfriend/fiance of 5 years) has just been diagnosed with chlamydia.
I know that he has been faithful, that is not even a question. (he is also a really bad liar so I would know if he wasn't faithful)
anyway, how did this happen? can the STD lie dormant for 8 years?????? He did have tesicular cancer in the past, what are the chances that it is a false positive??
I have such a wonderful marriage, we are unbelievebly happy, and this is such a strange finding to both of us. Please help.

Replies(7)

young Girl

replied on July 2nd, 2007

Especially eHealthy

well do you have it? have you been tested?
i dont really know how its transmitted
or if it can lay dormant for a long time?

kermit1981

replied on July 2nd, 2007

New User

I don't know if I have it yet, I am getting tested in 4 days

young Girl

replied on July 2nd, 2007

Especially eHealthy

i hope you dont Sad

good luck and let me know how it goes

Llewellyn

replied on July 2nd, 2007

Extremely eHealthy

Do you mean chlamydia?

Many people with chlamydia have no symptoms. So it is possible that he would not even know he had it.

I have heard that chlamydia may lie dormant in a person for many years, then flare up when a person gets sick or has cancer.

Make sure you get tested and treated as soon as possible since chlamydia can cause serious permanent damage to women if left untreated.

You can check out this site for more information on chlamydia. http://www.cdc.gov/std/Chlamydia/STDFact-C hlamydia.htm

kermit1981

replied on July 4th, 2007

New User

Chlamydia

Thank you Llewellyn for your response. I really appreciate your help. I also really would like just a few other points of view as well. I really like the idea that Chlamydia can lie dormant in someone for years (in this case, 8 years) but I would also really like to know if that is truly the case. If not, I need to know, because then that means my husband slept with someone else. Thank you so much for your help.
so, the question is - can Chlamydia lie dormant in someone for 8 years?

Llewellyn

replied on July 4th, 2007

Extremely eHealthy

Re: Chlamydia

kermit1981 wrote:

so, the question is - can Chlamydia lie dormant in someone for 8 years?

I am really not sure. I have heard that chlamydia may lie dormant, but I am not even sure enough about the credibility of those sources to swear by it. And if it is true, I have no idea how long it is capable of lying dormant for.

So my advice would be to call your doctor, ob-gyn, local Family Planning, STD clinic, or Planned Parenthood. Someone there would probably be able to tell you more about it than we could.

Confused_Stressed

replied on August 10th, 2007

Experienced User

Chlamydia

I tested positive for chlamydia as well and my bf came back negative. We broke up bc he assumed I was unfaithful. I wasnt. I told him that the test is so much more likely to come back negative for men because the crappy tests most places use are very dependent on the urine. If he had went pee within a few hours of the test and then peed again. It can really throw the test and make him seem healthy.

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