It is rare for a person to get chlamydia in the throat, and while some tests can screen for this with a throat swab, many tests do not. A person can test for chlamydia at home or at a health clinic. A person can contract chlamydia in the throat through giving or receiving oral sex with someone who has chlamydia.
Similar to other areas of the body, chlamydia symptoms may take about 7-21 days to show up in the throat. Chlamydia in the throat is typically caused by having oral sex with someone who has contracted the infection.
Possible signs that you may have oral chlamydia include a sore throat that doesn't go away, along with a low-grade fever; swollen lymph nodes; oral canker sores; or white spots in the back of the throat. In some cases, one might confuse these chlamydia symptoms with strep throat or some other kind of throat infection.
It's possible that chlamydia can be transmitted to your throat if you give oral sex to a partner who has contracted a genital chlamydia infection. Additionally, getting oral sex from someone who has contracted a chlamydia infection of the throat can potentially transmit the bacteria to your genitals.
Unprotected vaginal, anal, or oral sex can transmit chlamydia. Chlamydia from oral sex is called a pharyngeal chlamydia infection. In this instance, most commonly, chlamydia bacteria are transmitted from the penis to the mouth and throat.
You can't transmit chlamydia through kissing, sharing drinking glasses, or hugging. However, you can transmit the disease: through vaginal, oral, or anal sex without a condom or other barrier method with someone who has the disease. to your baby through childbirth if you're pregnant.
Oral sex is not a common cause of infection with this bacteria. Chlamydia is less likely to be transmitted during oral sex because the bacteria that cause chlamydia prefer to target the genital area rather than the throat.
If you do get symptoms, these usually appear between 1 and 3 weeks after having unprotected sex with an infected person. For some people they don't develop until many months later.
Can you get chlamydia in the throat by kissing? No, chlamydia is not spread by kissing or hugging. The most common way that you can contract chlamydia in the mouth is by having unprotected oral sex with someone who has the infection.
Does oral chlamydia go away on its own? – if chlamydia is untreated, it is thought that up to 50% of people will clear the infection themselves within 12 months.
Chlamydia isn't spread through casual contact, so you CAN'T get chlamydia from sharing food or drinks, kissing, hugging, holding hands, coughing, sneezing, or sitting on the toilet. Using condoms and/or dental dams every time you have sex is the best way to help prevent chlamydia.
A person who has symptoms of chlamydia in the throat or has had oral sex without using barrier protection may need to request a throat swab in addition to the vaginal swab or urine sample.
What does chlamydia in the throat look like? Chlamydia in the throat can look different in different people, but oftentimes it looks a lot like strep throat. Along with throat pain, you may notice redness in the back of your throat or white spots around your tonsils.
If you've had or want to start having sex — vaginal, anal, or oral — with a new partner, without a condom, it's a good idea to get tested. Here's how long after exposure we can get a reliable test result: 2 weeks: gonorrhea and chlamydia (and a pregnancy test too!) 1 week to 3 months: syphilis.
Symptoms of Oral STDs
Lesions similar to cold sores and fever blisters around the mouth. Sore throat and difficulty swallowing. Redness with white spots resembling strep throat. Swollen tonsils and/or lymph nodes.
This is the same infection behind genital or anal chlamydia, which are more common. Symptoms include sore throat, fever, fatigue, mouth sores, and swollen tonsil or lymph nodes, but many cases show no symptoms at all. The bacteria can be detected by testing a sample of fluid collected during an oral swab.
Share on Pinterest In some instances of chlamydia, a person may experience redness and soreness of the throat. Chlamydia of the throat can sometimes cause a sore throat, but it often does not produce any symptoms.
Chlamydia in the Throat and Mouth
As the most frequently reported STI in the United States, around 4 millions cases of chlamydia were recorded in 2018. 4 Chlamydia is a STI caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis , and is most common among young people between the ages of 15 to 24.
Like chlamydia, gonorrhea of the throat often doesn't involve any symptoms. Symptoms that do appear tend to show up about 1 week after exposure and can include a sore throat. Gonorrhea can be cured with the right antibiotics.
No. If you've tested only urine for gonorrhea and chlamydia, the results will not identify the presence of those infections in the throat or anus. That means if you engage in receptive anal or oral sex, you could have these infections in locations that a urinalysis alone cannot identify.
And regardless of whether or not you're experiencing symptoms, you can still pass an STI to a partner or suffer serious long term health consequences.
Does oral chlamydia go away on its own? – if chlamydia is untreated, it is thought that up to 50% of people will clear the infection themselves within 12 months.
Can you get chlamydia in the throat by kissing? No, chlamydia is not spread by kissing or hugging. The most common way that you can contract chlamydia in the mouth is by having unprotected oral sex with someone who has the infection.
STIs pass through sexual fluids and skin-to-skin contact. When infected genital tissues make contact with the tissues in your mouth and throat, an STI can pass from the genitals to your mouth.
Symptoms of Oral STDs
Lesions similar to cold sores and fever blisters around the mouth. Sore throat and difficulty swallowing. Redness with white spots resembling strep throat. Swollen tonsils and/or lymph nodes.