Questions

• How is chlamydia transmitted?
  • By intercourse (vaginal or anal), or oral sex.
• How long does it usually take for symptoms to appear once one is exposed?
  • The incubation period for chlamydia is days to weeks.
  • Sometimes people (especially women) can become infected and not show any symptoms.
• How can I get tested for chlamydia?
  • Chlamydia is diagnosed by taking swabs of the urethra, vagina, throat, or rectum or in some health centers a urine specimen.
• What is the treatment for chlamydia?
  • Antibiotic therapy can cure chlamydia. A person with chlamydia is contagious until he or she has been treated.
  • Sexual partners should be evaluated and treated.