To be terrified that I have rendered myself infertile?

OP - was your husband tested too?

Unless you have developed PID from your infection, I doubt that it will affect your fertility.

No judgement - I was silly when I was a bit younger, and on the rebound. Went sleeping with a few men and ended up getting chylamydia and gonorrhea. Luckily, I had some pretty nasty symptoms, so I was treated early on.

I would finish course of antibiotics and carry on as normal - you can arrange for scans etc to give you peace of mind that there is no scarring in the reproductive system etc. Though, this will likely be private and not on NHS, unless you are already with a fertility clinic.

How recent have you had symptoms of these STD’s Chlamydia is often symptomless but does often present as an unusual discharge. Herpes lesions - have you just got them? Does your partner get cold sores?

Yes it is one of the biggest advances in medicine in my lifetime.

That’s absolutely shocking.

I still have ‘the fear’ around STIs and couldn’t believe it last year when I heard a doctor on the radio saying he would rather have HIV than diabetes, as HIV is treatable now and diabetes is hard to manage, especially for young people. I couldn’t get my head around it as it used to be a death sentence and remember the intense fear surrounding it in the 80s and 90s.

Im so glad that it’s now better for people with HIV but this comment really stayed with me.

Yes, since HIV became a chronic treatable disease condom use has dropped.

Not the point of the thread but I’m another person who came of age in the mid-80s when HIV infection was a death sentence. Absolutely everyone I knew used condoms. There was no discussion. And without condoms no sex. DH is the first and only man I’ve had condom-free sex with. I think those habits and that thinking stay with you.

That really is high risk behaviour, do you really think people are doing it with strangers unprotected? That’s shocking. You would think the message would be loud and clear.

The amount of people that don’t use condoms is shocking - so many young people are having g sec with lots of different people and haven’t looked after their sexual health.

With the heath service the way it is, was it worth it?

You missed where I said ‘unprotected’. Of course I didn’t mean before the first shag! The disbelief bit came from OP somehow knowing it was a years-old infection - if I’d been with the same guy all along and got this diagnosis I would, I think, have some questions. But anyway I hope OP is well on the mend now and with absolutely no harm done.

In the real world, the vast majority of people really don't go off to a clinic and provide certificates to their partners before having sex. Yeah, ideally that's what would happen. But in reality it rarely does and it's hilarious that you think the chances are 'vanishingly tiny' that someone had a shag without getting a full MOT first.

I’ve had 4 failed ivf treatments now :-( trying to see if they can do something to unblock the tubes like tubal recanulization, but I’ll probably be in the menopause by the time I hear anything :(

Sorry, yes, Chlamydia can block tubes, certainly not always, but it is the most serious consequence. It's certainly not a definite outcome for every case of Chlamydia, but it can happen. I am sorry for what happened to you. Your blocked tubes may have been caused by something else (something gynaecological) but it may not be possible to say for sure. I hope you can get support for what you have been through, can you speak to your consultant again to discuss how it's affecting you?

@Thegreatescape12345
“It will only show up on a test during a flare up though.”

Yes, I was also once told by a medic that you can only be tested for genital herpes whilst showing active symptoms.

Full disclosure, I work in sexual health, we would not diagnose PID without a certain set of criteria being met: discharge, lower abdominal pain, deep dyspareunia, and a bimanual examination to identify cervical excitation/left/right adnexal tenderness. Not all need to be present but the bimanual is one of the main tools. We certainly screen for infections which are then treated based on a positive result if the bimanual is negative.
Maybe other services diagnose without these criteria but sexual health services don't.

It really doesn't - even the NHS say as much.

PID is often symptomless, or has very, very mild symptoms.

Can chlamydia cause blocked tubes?
I really wish it wasn’t cause the of my blocked tubes. I had endo as well but the consultant said the blockage was most likely caused by a previous infection. Crazy as it sounds, I could cope better mentally if my infertility hadn’t been caused by my abusive ex. I could better accept my circumstances if it was a medical cause :-(

Even the NHS site states symptoms occur. The threshold for diagnosing pud with 'mild' symptoms is the age of the patient, treatment tends to be given to young people with mild symptoms. Otherwise unless the bimanual gives a definite diagnosis treatment is unlikely without a positive sti result.

I am sorry for what happened to you, it sounds like Chlamydia itself was the cause rather than pid but nonetheless the consequences to you are awful.

And why does it state that on the nhs website if it’s so wrong?

Then why are my tubes blocked with no symptoms of PID??

Yes it does!!!
Seriously, without referring to any medical texts, a quick internet search shows that you are wrong and I am right. (I can provide medical texts references if you need them)

From the NHS website. I wish I was wrong. My tubes are blocked from contracting chlamydia from a cheating ex abusive partner. I have never had symptoms of PID. I only found out after a hycosy and the chlamydia and been treated very soon after I got it.

No it doesn’t

apologies @Foreverm0re I didn't mean to respond to you directly don't know what happened there.

what were the results of his STI screening?