Shit Scared I Might Have Chlamydia (graphic)

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Been with boyfriend 3 months. Been having unprotected sex as he is infertile and I trusted that he'd been with nobody else.

He went away for the weekend a few weeks ago and I suspected something had happened as his behaviour changed afterwards but it never came up in conversation so I forgot about it. Things went back to normal.

Last weekend however we were having sex and it really started to hurt. Despite foreplay etc I kept feeling quite "dry" during sex and it felt sore and irritating. I couldn't enjoy it at all. Then I noticed I smelt funny. Can't quite put my finger on the smell though, the best I can describe it is like bad breath but down there.

Now a few days later it is itchy, red, sore to touch and I have white clumpy discharge. I still feel so dry down there though it's so strange and the smell isn't as bad but if I touch it to clean myself it smells like a bacteria type smell. Not fishy, again like bad breath/dead skin.

Shit scared this could be chlamydia. Any experience of this??

Go to the GU clinic and get checked. It sounds like thrush, but an internet diagnosis is notoriously crap so get yourself checked out.

Also sounds like thrush to me, get checked out and get some bloody condoms!

get yourself to the clinic - you have nothing to be scared of, if it's chlamydia (I ahve no idea) then the sooner it's treated the better. And kick your boyfriend out!

Get to a gum clinic and get tested. It's the only way.
Also never trust anyone when it comes to sex in that regard. Use a condom. Not wanting to preach at you, but there is a lot worse things out there to catch. Unless you have both been tested and know you are in a completely monogamous relationship. It just not worth the risk IMO.

The only way to find out for sure if you have an STI is to go for a full screen at a CASH or GUM clinic.

Also are you sure he's infertile? Is it due to proven vasectomy? Because there could always be a chance of pregnancy otherwise even if very small!

I also think it sounds like thrush.

Good luck!

And pregnancy is only one of the risks of unprotected sex, after all.

I have lots of experience of this......it's what I do for a living!

I'm the person in the white coat testing your samples, dead glamourous is my job.

Seriously i'd go to your GP or your nearest walk-in clinic and get tested, the symptoms you describe have a commonality with Chlamydia. Most hospital labs do a combined test for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea as well as bacterial STD's. Good luck, it's best to get tested and treated if need be as i'm sure you already know that undiagnosed chlamydia can lead to infertility

and I trusted that he'd been with nobody else.

Ever?? Because you need a clean bill of health before you ditch the condoms, stis can hang about without symptoms for years.

Just to add, please do not trust he's infertile. He soudnds like the kind of man who just doesn't like using condoms. You have been very naive, you are both playing with your sexual health. If he won't go to the clinic with you then unfortunately it's time to bin him. You both need to be tested before having unprotected sex.

and I trusted that he'd been with nobody else.

How does he know that he is infertile then?

There is no such thing as "infertile" if he means he has a low sperm count he can still get you pregnant. I'd be interested to know why he has decided he is "infertile" and how you know. "trust" isn't enough. It wouldn't ever be wise to leave your health and control over your fertility in the hands of someone else in the future. It sounds like thrush but many STIs can have no symptoms, not to mention the risk of HPV leading to cervical cancer these symptoms may be an STI or bacterial/fungal infection, and you may still have another unrelated and symptomless infection too. You need to get tested, both of you. You need to stop having unprotected sex and you need to learn a little bit about how to really be in control of your own sexual health and fertility.

Yep
I know several women who have been made pregnant by 'infertile' men or who have contracted stis. True infertility is very rare.

sounds like thrush, but you need to get checked out

don't be embarassed, these people see people like you every day of the week

and fgs, don't trust what men tell you, you sound hopelessly naive

Thrush/chlamydia is the least of your problems. How about unplanned pregnancy or HIV.

Get him and you to a clinic pronto.

Auto-immune infertility does not render you sterile necessarily, the precise effect it has on male fertility is controversial. It is thought it can interfere with sperm production and also if sperm are coated in auto-immune factors, that this can make it harder for them to negotiate cervical mucous. It doesn't mean you can enjoy unprotected sex without the fear of pregnancy.

Yeah sounds like thrush. Chlamydia doesn't often present symptoms in women and even if you do have it its a simple couple of pills and its gone. I realise its not nice to think about but its really not the end of the world and easily treated. Though I still think you have thrush :)

Sounds like thrush to me too. Is it itchy/swollen?

Agree you should go to a GUM clinic or your GP to be sure but you could get some canasten and live natural yogurt in the mean time.