A service provided by the BC Centre for Disease Control

Close

Search

Home / Answered Questions / hello Im a male and had unprotected oral sex 3 weeks ago, I believe I have Chlamydia, and am getting tested, I only received it orally. My question is about a couple days back I had given oral sex to another friend who is a female, if i test positive for chlamydia, can she get it as well? or is the only way she would get it is through giving me oral sex, since the Chlamydia would be on my penis not in my throat? or does Chlamydia say start from the genitalia and spread to your throat? Hope this made sense and thanks

hello Im a male and had unprotected oral sex 3 weeks ago, I believe I have Chlamydia, and am getting tested, I only received it orally. My question is about a couple days back I had given oral sex to another friend who is a female, if i test positive for chlamydia, can she get it as well? or is the only way she would get it is through giving me oral sex, since the Chlamydia would be on my penis not in my throat? or does Chlamydia say start from the genitalia and spread to your throat? Hope this made sense and thanks

Hi, thanks for your questions. Chlamydia is site specific so is found on the part of your body you were using for sex. The testing for chlamydia includes testing these sites, oral swab for oral chlamdyia, urine or swab test for penis or vagina chlamydia and rectal swab for rectal chlamydia. Chlamydia does not spread within your body. It is very catchy and easily transmitted by contact with sex fluids from one part of the body to another. We dont see chlamydia being transferred from your mouth to the vagina. We do see chlamydia  being well transmitted from back of throat to the tip of the penis in the throat. In general anyone who has chlamydia is asked to contact all sexual contacts in the past 2 months so everyone has the information to get tested and treated no matter what the contact was.