Even without any symptoms, do I still need a chlamydia screening?

Chlamydia is the most commonly reported sexually transmitted infection, and for women, the majority don't know that they have it.

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It's important to get tested for chlamydia because chlamydia is the most common reported sexually transmitted infection.

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For women, about I would say 75% of us don't even know that we have it. If you don't have any symptoms, in other words,

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no vaginal discharge or anything else, you should still be screened. So a woman's sample can be a culture,

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which means a Q-tip in the vagina or you can pee in a cup. It's more accurate to do the culture in the vagina.

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And for men, it is just peeing in the cup. If you do have chlamydia and it's undiagnosed,

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the long-term effects is infertility. As a matter of fact, the second most common reason

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for infertility in this country are the consequences of gonorrhea and chlamydia. Remember most girls get screened.

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Most young men don't get screened, which is a shame. And if that is the case, unfortunately the burden

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is always on us. However, if you ever are positive for chlamydia, I always tell you guys to always tell your partners.

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Let them be screened. And remember your partners are not always guilty. He could have had that for a while. You might not want to talk about chlamydia,

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but I talk about chlamydia and everything else all the time. And I think that as long as you understand it is through sex.

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So no glove no love, always get tested, always get screened even though it sounds very remote to you,