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Medical Author:

Arasi Thangavelu-Veluswamy, MD, FAAEM

Coauthor:

Suzanne R Trupin, MD

Medical Editor:

Jerry R. Balentine, DO, FACEP

Jerry R. Balentine, DO, FACEP

Dr. Balentine received his undergraduate degree from McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland. He attended medical school at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine graduating in1983. He completed his internship at St. Joseph's Hospital in Philadelphia and his Emergency Medicine residency at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center in the Bronx, where he served as chief resident.

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Follow-up

Do not have sexual intercourse until your treatment is completed and your symptoms have gone away—for at least 7 days.

• In some cases, a single dosage of medication, which could include an injection, has been shown to wipe out the disease. In other cases, your doctor may prescribe a longer period of medication.
  
  
• If your infection stems from a sexually transmitted disease, your sexual partner also should be treated. Do not have sexual relations until your partner is treated. Once you have been treated, follow up with your doctor for 3 months with regular exams.
  
  
• Cervicitis, if found in a young person or a child, may indicate child sexual abuse.