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Dear Ask The Doctor: How do i get tested for chamydia?
Dear Stasi: Chlamydia is an infection transmitted when people have sexual relations. It is the most common Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) in the United States. Among adults, about 5% of the population is estimated to be infected. Among sexually active adolescent females, about 10% are infected.I advise you to go to your PCP and besides the doctor physical examination, which might or not show tenderness for women in the area of the sex organs, pus from the vagina or penis along with a high white-blood-cell count, and fever could indicate an infection, he will order diagnostic lab tests, these include: looking samples of the discharge under a microscope if you have any , obtaining cultures to identify the disease-causing bacteria or sending urine to the lab to determine if you are infected. It is important that your partner get tested too. The doctor may also test you and your partner for other sexually transmitted diseases because many patients with Chlamydia also have other infections such as gonorrhea or trichomonas. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 07 December 2010 )
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