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Essential information about Chlamydia
What is Chlamydia?
Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted infection in young men and women, and you don’t need to have to have had lots of sexual partners to be at risk of having it. About 1 in 10 young people who test for Chlamydia have been found to have it. Chlamydia does not often have symptoms, and if left untreated Chlamydia can cause serious health complications for women such as ectopic pregnancy, infertility, pain, and unusual discharge, and for men irritation when passing urine, testicular pain and unusual discharge.
How Do I get a test?
You can get a Chlamydia Test either by post by filling in a Postal Request Form, or you can come into one of the many Chlamydia Screening sites across Kirklees and talk to someone, in confidence, and give your urine sample there and then. There are loads of places across Kirklees that are now doing free and confidential Chlamydia Screening for young people, for eg at colleges, some schools, youth centres as well as Young People’s Drop-ins and Health Clinics. Just contact one of the Chlamydia Teams on the contact details below to find out where your nearest screening site is.
Contact the Huddersfield Chlasp-Chlamydia Screening Team on 01484 481030 http://www.chlamydiascreening-chlasp.co.uk/ .
Contact the Wakefield & North Kirklees (areas like Mirfield, Dewsbury, Batley, Heckmondwike, Cleckheaton) bclear team on 01924 665828 http://www.bclear.org.uk/
Postal Screening
You can get a postal kit either on this website, on the chlamydia screening websites or via the texting service. If you live in Huddersfield and South Kirklees, to request a free and confidential postal screening kit by text, text Chlasp followed by your name and full address to 80125. If you live in
How Do I get my Result?
The Chlamydia Screening Office will contact everyone who has given a urine sample within two weeks of the sample being taken. You can choose how you are contacted with your result, whether it be negative or positive, by phone, text or letter….. (so please makes sure you put your most up to date details on the sample form!) Your test is confidential so we will not discuss your result with anyone unless you specifically request that we do so.
What Happens if I have Chlamydia?
If you have Chlamydia, a member of the Chlamydia screening programme will contact you and arrange a convenient time and a place to meet you for treatment. Treatment is free, and is simple to take….it’s just four antibiotic tablets taken all at once. You may be at risk of becoming re-infected with Chlamydia after your treatment if you have sexual intercourse with an untreated partner. So to prevent this, we ask that you do not have sexual intercourse for at least seven days after both you and your partner have both received treatment.
What about my Partner?
Telling partners and ex partners that you have Chlamydia is a responsible thing to do. Chlamydia is infectious, so it is likely that if you have been told you have Chlamydia then anyone you have had sex with recently may have the infection too. We understand it can be difficult to talk about having Chlamydia to a partner, so staff at the screening office can help you find ways to tell your partner. The Chlamydia Screening programme will then be able to arrange for your partner to be screened for Chlamydia. We can screen and treat your partner at the same time we treat you if you like, so bring them along if you are invited for treatment.
Chlamydia and Safer Sex
Sexually transmitted infections like Chlamydia cannot always be prevented by using condoms, however, condoms do play an important role in helping to keep you safe, and not only can condoms reduce the risk of contracting Chlamydia, and can also reduce the risk of catching other sexually transmitted infections such as gonorrhoea and HIV.