Trichomoniasis symptoms can be hard to notice and may come and go, so most people don’t know they have it. If you do notice signs of trich, get tested right away.
Often trichomoniasis has no symptoms.
About 7 out of 10 people with trich have no signs of the infection at all. When the infection is in a penis, it’s very unlikely to cause symptoms. Sometimes the symptoms of trich are so mild that you don’t even notice them, or you think it’s a different infection (like a yeast infection or a UTI). So the only way to find out for sure if you have it is to get tested.
Symptoms of trichomoniasis
If you do get symptoms of trichomoniasis, they usually show up from 3 days to a month after you get the infection.
Trichomoniasis can cause symptoms in people of any gender. But trich is most likely to cause vaginitis. Symptoms of vaginitis caused by trich include:
- Green, yellow, gray, frothy, and/or bad-smelling vaginal discharge
- Blood in your vaginal discharge
- Itching and irritation in and around your vagina
- Swelling around your genitals
- Pain during sex
Other symptoms of trich include pain and burning when you pee, the urge to pee a lot, discharge from your urethra, and itching and irritation inside your penis.
The signs of trich can be barely noticeable, or really painful and irritating. It’s common for the symptoms to come and go, but that doesn’t mean the infection went away. The only way to get rid of trichomoniasis is to get treated with medicine.
If you or your sexual partner has any of these symptoms, visit a nurse, doctor, or contact me for treatment. You can spread trich to other people whether or not you have symptoms, so it’s important to get tested if you think you may be infected.
What is trichomoniasis in women like?
Trichomoniasis in women can often go undiagnosed, even though it’s a really common STD. Many women have no symptoms. If they do, trichomoniasis symptoms in women may include:
- frothy, foul-smelling discharge
- spotting
- itching/swelling in and around your vagina
- the urge to pee more than usual
- Pain or burning when you pee
Trichomoniasis symptoms in women — if they show up at all — usually take anywhere from 3 to 28 days to show up after you’ve gotten it.
If you’re diagnosed with trichomoniasis (AKA trich, for short), anyone you’ve been having sex with should be treated as well so that you don’t pass it back and forth.
Trichomoniasis treatment is really easy. Your doctor or nurse will give you medicine. Using condoms can help lower the chances of getting it.
What is trichomoniasis in men like?
Like a lot of infections, trichomoniasis in men is a little different from trichomoniasis in women. For one thing, men rarely have symptoms. If they do, trichomoniasis symptoms in men may include:
- Discharge from your penis
- The urge to pee more than usual
- Pain or burning when you pee
If you do have symptoms, they tend to show up anywhere from 3 to 28 days after you’ve gotten it.
If you’re worried you might have it, trichomoniasis testing in men is pretty simple. Your doctor or nurse will take a swab of your urethra to get a sample of cells. Then they’ll examine the cells using a microscope to make a diagnosis.
If it turns out you have it, trichomoniasis treatment is easy: your nurse or doctor will give you medicine. And using condoms can help lower the chances of getting it.
How long can trichomoniasis be dormant in a woman?
You can have trichomoniasis (AKA trich) for months or even years without knowing. That’s because many people — no matter what their gender is — don’t have any symptoms, or the symptoms they do have are so mild that they don’t notice them.
People with vaginas might also mistake trichomoniasis for something else, like a yeast infection or a UTI.
Trichomoniasis is never truly “dormant.” You can spread trich to other people whether or not you have symptoms, so it’s important to get tested if you think you might have trich. The only way to get rid of trichomoniasis is to get treated with medicine.
Leaving trich untreated can cause problems like:
- Your risk of getting and spreading HIV is higher.
- If you’re pregnant, you’re more likely to give birth prematurely, and your baby is more likely to be underweight.
- Trichomoniasis can cause infections in the urethra or prostate gland.
Read also: Here is how the trich test is done
Are trich tests available?
One the symptoms are present in ether male of female the doctor starts the process of investigations to acertqin you have the trich infection.
Testing for trich is easy and can be found at your doctors office or the laboratory for your health facility. However, in some countries the investigation for trich is done through what is known as high vaginal shap or swab of sample from your urethral dischange in males. The sample is then prepared for microscopic examination to check for the trich germ. Trichomonas vaginalis parasites.
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