Chlamydia can lie dormant in the body for many years causing a low grade
infection without symptoms – which is why it’s called “the Silent Infection”. When the infection flares up with symptoms, it’s usually due to a change in the immune system – like a cold/flu, cancer, or some other illness.
Even though chlamydia is the number one most common STI – a large number of cases still aren’t reported because people are asymptomatic. Chlamydia in men more often goes undetected because a) they show no symptoms and b) they don’t get tested.
Chlamydia often affects women more quickly and more seriously because it’s a bacterial infection and they have a lot more IMPORTANT STUFF down low that can easily be infected and cause more obvious symptoms.
However, both men and women can carry and transfer chlamydia for a long time without knowing because they don’t get tested and they don’t have symptoms. This is why you need to get tested at least every 6 months when you’re sexually active! Safe sex and unsafe sex – you still need to be tested because you will not know for certain unless you are tested for it.
Gonorrhea can go unnoticed in men, but it’s less common. Gonorrhea for men is more obvious with its symptoms. It’s more likely for gonorrhea to be undetected for a longer time in women because the symptoms are milder for women.
Either way, the moral of the story is DON’T HAVE UNPROTECTED SEX AND GET TESTED ROUTINELY. Because you never know. You never know.
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