Positive chlamydia result...WHY?!? How?!?

jensreyes18 · June 2015

I've never had any std's and my husband and I are faithful to each other. A week ago I went to the hospital and they didn't tell me I had chlamydia, they said I just had BV and my doctor called me saying I have chlamydia. How is that possible can the results from my doctor be wrong? I'm really worried

mmk29 · June 2015

First of all, it is unlikely although not impossible that the results are wrong. You can always ask to be rechecked to make sure. How far along are you in the pregnancy? Most of the time you're checked for sexually transmitted diseases at your first doctors appointment that includes a vaginal swab. You may want to discuss those results with your doctor. Chlamydia is one of the diseases that may be asymptomatic for a significant period, so if you tested positive at your first appointment you may have had it for a longer period of time. So it could have been given to you (or your husband) by a previous partner a few years ago. If you did not test positive at that appointment, just asked to be rechecked for the possibility of a false positive.

gumby22c · June 2015

Honestly, I would ask for a second test to confirm if it was a lab mix up or true. I think that will give you some direction on where to go from here. ((hugs))

CarrieOct15 · June 2015

Best of luck! I would get a second test done to be sure, too. Like a PP said, it could have been hanging out in your system dormant for years before it gave you a positive. Maybe have your husband tested, too.

jensreyes18 · June 2015

So it could of been from years ago how is this possible?

gumby22c · June 2015

If you had a partner before your husband who may have had it (knowingly or not). As @mmk29 mentioned, you can have it but not have any symptoms of it.

mmk29 · June 2015

Just because you have chlamydia does not mean you have symptoms. If you're regularly tested for STDs then chances are not in the a few years old category. However, if you haven't been tested for awhile it could be a fairly old infection. Check with your OB if you were tested in the beginning of your pregnancy for STDs, mine does but not sure if everyone does.

hlz128 · June 2015

This happened to my sister.. It came back positive for herpes on the second test mid-pregnancy and it has never been positive again since. Nor has she ever had symptoms or anything else for it

oliarnmom1517 · June 2015

Mine did the testing my very first appointment and thankfully all of mine came back clean but those tests rarely come back as false positives..

dogsombrero · June 2015

It sounds like both you and your SO should be rechecked. Chlamydia is one of the STDs that can affect the baby during birth or cause preterm labor so figuring out if you are actually infected is very important. As others have said this could be from quite some time ago but if you do have it treatment is very important.

jasbaby2 · June 2015

Either
1. You got a false positive
Or
2. Since the last time you were tested you contracted it from your husband or another person

Either way i would get checked again asap and your husband should get checked too. If you haven't gotten tested in years it could be that you've had this for awhile and not known. Your husband could have given it to you unknowingly as well.

As pp said this is an std that can have effects on your pregnancy so I would follow up immediately.

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