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What Causes Discharges Even After Taking Treatment For Chlamydia?
i got tested about a month ago...and was told i had chlamydia dr prescribed ciproflaxin...i kept getting discharges...so i got tested again and i still had chlamydia..i went back to my dr. n he prescribed azithromycin..but during the weekend on the antibiotic i got wasted! and got really sick! a couple of days later i went back to the dr, because i was still having discharges...so he prescribed sulfameth..im now done with the treatment..but im still having discharges..but now i have really bad backaches and headaches..i did not get tested again or for herpes..could i still have chlamydia?? or could i possibly have herpes without an outbreak??
Tue, 3 Mar 2015
Hi,
Welcome to HCM.
Ciprofloxacin is not the drug of choice to treat Chlamydia. Azithromycin is a good choice. If you tested positive for chlamydia once again after the treatment with Azithromycin, Capsule DOXYCYCLIN for 2-3 weeks can be tried with success. Partners also to be treated. Abstinence from sex during treatment is necessary.
There is every possibility to have more than one cause for the discharge (more than one infection at the time of infection or acquired by a single exposure) is also possibility and to look for the same and to be treated accordingly.
Then you will be alright. Nothing to worry much. Get well soon.
Dr S.Murugan
Welcome to HCM.
Ciprofloxacin is not the drug of choice to treat Chlamydia. Azithromycin is a good choice. If you tested positive for chlamydia once again after the treatment with Azithromycin, Capsule DOXYCYCLIN for 2-3 weeks can be tried with success. Partners also to be treated. Abstinence from sex during treatment is necessary.
There is every possibility to have more than one cause for the discharge (more than one infection at the time of infection or acquired by a single exposure) is also possibility and to look for the same and to be treated accordingly.
Then you will be alright. Nothing to worry much. Get well soon.
Dr S.Murugan
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