Chlamydia is almost always transmitted through sexual contact, including vaginal, oral, or anal sex. It requires contact with infected vaginal fluid or semen to be transmitted. However, it is extremely rare but possible in very limited non-sexual situations such as a mother passing the infection to her baby during childbirth or theoretically through sharing contaminated sex toys if they are not properly cleaned. Other forms of casual contact like kissing, hugging, sharing towels, using toilet seats, or swimming pools do not spread chlamydia. Therefore, without any sexual activity or direct genital contact with an infected person’s fluids, the chances of getting chlamydia are very low.
Summary:
- Main transmission route: any form of sexual contact (vaginal, oral, anal).
- Non-sexual transmission is extremely rare, mainly mother-to-child during birth.
- Sharing unclean sex toys may spread it.
- Casual contact or shared objects like towels, toilet seats, or swimming pools do not spread chlamydia.
- Kissing alone does not transmit chlamydia.
