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Chlamydia or gonorrhea infection?

Hello and thank you for any advice! This forum is unbelievably helpful and thank you so much for having it.

I performed unprotected oral deepthroat on a man. There was a lot of saliva, and this ended up on my penis and i masturbated with said saliva. We also had protected anal sex where I was receptive

8 days later, i ended up in the hospital, with diverticulitis (ct scan confirmed) after this. I was prescribed cipro and flagyl. I received a urinalysis in hospital as well, which did show blood, but no leukocytes. 3 other urine tests 3 months later and on, showed no leukocytes or blood.

I did have sex with my wife  after my encounter and before my hospital trip unprotected.


My wife has also been having issues with ovarian cysts after this.

1) hiv is no risk to extremely low. What risks are there involved with this though for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea for penile, throat or anal infection? For anal, my thought is zero but would love the peace of mind.

2) are there sti's that cause ovarian cysts?

3) will leukocytes show up in urine if there was an infection?

4) if I were to have passed something along to my wife, would i have seen leukocytes by now from it being passed back from my wife?

5) Even if the cipro and Flagyl 'cured' whatever infection I had from my original encounter?

6) do Flagyl and/or cipro cure any stis?
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1) hiv is no risk to extremely low. What risks are there involved with this though for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea for penile, throat or anal infection? For anal, my thought is zero but would love the peace of mind.

HIV is zero risk.

There is a risk of oral gonorrhea and chlamydia from giving oral sex. Urine tests would not find this. You'd need specific oral swabs.

2) are there sti's that cause ovarian cysts?

No. These are very common in women, and are not related to STIs.

3) will leukocytes show up in urine if there was an infection?

Yes, usually.

4) if I were to have passed something along to my wife, would i have seen leukocytes by now from it being passed back from my wife?

Yes, usually.

5) Even if the cipro and Flagyl 'cured' whatever infection I had from my original encounter?

Maybe not. Taking antibiotics can change this.

6) do Flagyl and/or cipro cure any stis?

Cipro might cure gonorrhea, though there is a lot of resistance to this now. Flagyl won't cure any STI.


If your penis wasn't insertive for anything, you are missing important tests. You had protected receptive anal, so I'm not worried about anal STIs, but you haven't been tested orally.

If you had genital risk, taking antibiotics can give you false negative tests.

If it's been more than 3 weeks since taking the antibiotics, you can get accurate oral STI test results now.
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Thank you so much for the quick response! If I were to have oral chlamydia or gonorrhea (I had no insertion anywhere with my penis) is it possible to pass that on via oral with my wife?

I honestly can't thank you enough for this response, my anxiety has definitely taken over but this helped a lot of it. I will get an oral test no matter the response.

IF (on the unlikly chance you did have it) you had an oral STI then yes, you could pass over to your wife, however it is even more uncommon to pass oral STI from male to female.

Most experts believe that a single case of oral sex with no symptoms does not require a test.

However it is obvious that anxiety is playing some part here as this happened 3 months ago. Get an oral test to put your mind at ease and you can move on.

Like AJ said, if your encounter with your genital region was covered, theres no need to worry about those sort of STIs.
If it matters, I totally agree with this.
This is so helpful. Thank you a million AJ and Gaz!
You're welcome. :)
Another related question. I have scheduled an appt with my doc and am getting tested. I've been reading more about these 2 and found this.

https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/planned-parenthood-advocates-arizona/blog/std-awareness-gonorrhea-of-the-throat#:~:text=A%20flurry%20of%20research%20on,away%20after%20just%20a%20week.

Everything I've read is that it won't go away on its own. Is this why it would be so unlikely to transfer oral gonorrhea to genital/anal sites?
It's unlikely to transmit unless you give someone oral sex, where a penis is exposed to the throat.

It's not common to occur in the first place, so all this worry is likely for nothing.
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