Usually, it takes about a week to get your test results from a clinic. If you test positive for chlamydia, gonorrhea, or syphilis, you must notify your sexual partner(s) about the results of your test before you do anything else. Since these diseases can be given to other people when you have sex with them, you should notify everyone you have had sex with during the 60 days before your symptoms appeared or you were diagnosed. One of these people passed the disease on to you without knowing he or she had the disease. And, you could have passed the disease to others without knowing it. Notify your partner(s) immediately so that they can see a doctor for testing and treatment, if necessary. Telling a partner may not be easy, but it is important that you do so. If left untreated, chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis can cause serious permanent damage, including infertility (unable to get pregnant and have children). Informing your partners gives them the opportunity to get immediate testing and, if necessary, receive treatment. Please visit www.inSPOT.org/minnesota for an online partner referral program. Click here to learn more about Notifying Sexual Partners.

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