Trichomoniasis is classified as a disease that is transmitted in the process of physical contact during sexual intercourse. Occasionally, infection can occur if you violate the rules of personal hygiene - use common with an infected person underwear, a towel or feces with trichomonas on the mucous membranes of the genital organs. And to feel all the unpleasant moments associated with this STD accounted for nearly every fifth inhabitant of the planet.
The cause of trichomoniasis in women
The causative agent of the disease that causes symptoms of trichomoniasis is a vaginal trichomonas, which is the simplest single-celled animal, capable of developing without oxygen and moving with the help of antennas. The first signs of trichomoniasis in women manifest themselves at least five days (and a maximum of ten) after infection.
Signs of trichomoniasis in women
The signs of trichomoniasis in women are specific. They are difficult to confuse with something else. In men, trichomoniasis can pass asymptomatically, that is, a person is only a carrier, infecting his sexual partners. Therefore, the infection is often detected only with routine examinations.
The main signs of trichomoniasis in women are as follows:
- The most alarming signs of Trichomonas in women are frothy yellowish (maybe a greenish or gray hue) of vaginal discharge and a very unpleasant odor ( Trichomonas colpitis ).
- The vestibule of the vagina (vulva) blushes and swells, with severe inflammation it bleeds.
- Patients are worried about severe burning, itching.
- Desires for urination multiply many times, it is felt (if trichomoniasis affects the urethra).
- Sexual intercourse becomes uncomfortable, painful.
- Sometimes the lower back or abdomen begins to ache (pains aching, pulling, not pronounced).
Please note, if any signs of trichomoniasis have appeared, immediately make an appointment with a doctor to confirm the presence of the disease (for this purpose prescribe smears) and its treatment.