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Trichomoniasis

The Facts

  • Women are more likely than men to show symptoms

  • Trich is easy to treat and cure

  • Many people are unaware they have it due to the lack of symptoms

  • Symptoms may appear 5 to 28 days after being infected.

How to Lower Your Risk?

  • Refrain from having sex

  • Only have sex with someone who is not infected and who only has sex with you.

  • Use condoms, if used the correct way.

  • Stop having sex if you start feeling symptoms.

  • Washing your genitals, urinating, or douching after sex will NOT prevent any STD.

Signs/Symptoms

  • 70% of infected people do not have any signs or symptoms.

  • If symptoms appear, they can range from mild irritation to severe inflammation. 

  • Itching, burning, redness, or soreness in the genitals

  • Urinary discomfort

  • Abnormal vaginal discharge; can be clear, white, yellowish, or greenish with an unusual fishy smell.

  • Unpleasant sex

What Happens if I Don't Get Treated? 

  • It increases your chance of getting an HIV infection if you have sex with a partner who has HIV and increases the rate of transmission.

  • If pregnant, you are more likely to give birth prematurely. Your baby is more likely to be underweight (<5lbs).

  • Your partner may get the infection. 

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