Chlamydia

How do you get it?

Chlamydia is a bacterial infection most commonly passed on by fucking or getting fucked without a condom, but it can also be passed by sucking cock or rimming.

How do you prevent it?

Using condoms will prevent many cases of Chlamydia. If you wanted to reduce the risks further, you would have to use condoms for oral sex. Sucking cock carries a risk even if he doesn’t cum in your mouth.

How do you know you’ve got it?

One to six weeks after being infected, it can cause a yellowy white discharge from your cock or, more rarely, from your arse, or throat – the three most common places to catch it. You may also have pain when pissing and an urge to piss more frequently than usual. However many infected guys don't show any symptoms at all, but are still infectious, so they can pass it on to other sexual partners without knowing it. If left untreated, the infection can spread from the cock to the prostate gland, balls, and other parts of the body which can become tender and inflamed. LGV is a form of Chlamydia and is more common in HIV-positive guys.

How do you treat it?

Chlamydia is usually treatable with antibiotics. If you have Chlamydia you should inform your recent sexual partners. It’s important that you tell any regular partner so that they can get tested and treated too. You then need to avoid sex with them until the treatment has taken effect (usually a couple of weeks) as it’s common for people to pass it back and forth to each other. If this happens you’ll need treatment again.

Rates of Chlamydia seen in all sections of the population have increased substantially in the last ten years. In 2006 more than three thousand gay men were treated for Chlamydia in sexual health clinics in the UK.