Trichomoniasis

Having any type of condition (such as trich), that compromises the immune system, will have an adverse affect on your body with another infection. This is because your body is now fighting two infections instead of one.

Neither doxycycline nor fluconazole cure trichomoniasis. See your health care provider for effective treatment.

Trichomoniasis is cured with oral medicine, not injections. Gonorrhea and syphilis are STDs cured with injections.

Trichomoniasis has no long-term effects. It is mostly an annoyance.

It appears that trichomoniasis is one of the few STDs that can be caught through other means as well. Although the protozoan dies rapidly in dry conditions, it appears that you can be infected by sharing a washcloth with an infected person, or possibly by having your genitals come into contact with someone else's infected genital discharge.

I'm a 48 year old lesbian who has never had sex with a man nor have I used dildos. Over the course of my life and lovers, I have twice had trichomoniasis. So, the answer is YES! Lesbians can and do get trich!

Trichomoniasis
Trich short for Trichomoniasis; a protozoa parasite infection that can be treated with antibiotics.
Trich stands for trichomoniasis, a sexually transmitted disease.
Trich is also known as trichomoniasis. This is known as an STD.

Trichomoniasis always causes an increase in the pH of vaginal discharge; however, other things may also cause increased pH above the normal 3.5-4.0. These causes include bacterial vaginosis and semen in the vagina.

If you ejaculate while being treated for trichomoniasis, you won't affect treatment. If you have sex with someone while being treated, you could infect the partner, and the partner could then reinfect you.

Trichomoniasis can cause a rash with red spots and itching, but doesn't cause blisters.

You will need to be tested for gonorrhea and chlamydia. You can have trich without having gonorrhea and chlamydia, but many infected with trich have gonorrhea or chlamydia or both.

Yes she can pass trichomoniasis to a infant girl.

Just because she is a lesbian doesn't mean that she or her partner or previous partners couldnt have slept with a man. Disease is a chain reaction. Perhaps she slept with a Bi-girl. You just never know....

Trichomoniasis is caused by a parasite which is long lived in Females but dies in a few weeks in men. Standard intercourse or Vulva to Vulva contact is enough to pass the parasite on. It responds well to The antibiotic metronidazole is commonly used to cure the infection. A newer drug, called Tinidazole may be used.

Babies are not infected with trichomoniasis, but you can catch other germs from changing diapers without washing.

Very likely, if you are someone you know has been exposed please seek treatment imediately. Most males show no signs or symptoms but you can pass it to other females. And that stuff can really "kill the mood". Remember those lyrics "The dogs began to smell her"? EW!

It appears that trichomoniasis is one of the few STDs that can be caught through other means as well. Although the protozoan dies rapidly in dry conditions, it appears that you can be infected by sharing a washcloth with an infected person, or possibly by having your genitals come into contact with someone else's infected genital discharge.

Routine laundry will easily kill trichomoniasis on your underwear. Also, it won't live long if dried out. Reinfection with your own clothes is impossible.

Trichomoniasis is the most common protozoan STD in the US. Aside from giardia, which is rarely sexually transmitted, it's the only protozoan STD.

Yes, in almost every case, the person having unprotected sex with someone with trich will be infected with the parasite.

Trich won't damage your cells.

The trichomonas parasite is easily visible with a standard light microscope. It is not visible to the naked eye.

It appears that trichomoniasis is one of the few STDs that can be caught through other means as well. Although the protozoan dies rapidly in dry conditions, it appears that you can be infected by sharing a washcloth with an infected person, or possibly by having your genitals come into contact with someone else's infected genital discharge.