Trichomoniasis in women: symptoms and treatment

Trichomoniasis is a disease that in most cases is sexually transmitted. It is excited by a unicellular bacterium that affects both male and female sex. Surprisingly, this infection in men can not be manifested at all, but trichomoniasis in women always proceeds with characteristic symptoms.

It can be infected with almost any unprotected sexual contact. In addition, trichomoniasis in women can appear after direct contact with sperm, blood, or mucous membranes of an infected person. There can also be fetal infection from a sick mother both during pregnancy and fetal development, and during the process of natural childbirth. Truth is also the fact that trichomoniasis in women is almost the only venereal disease that can be picked up in the home, although the probability of this is very small. However, when wearing someone else's underwear, using someone else's towels, visiting a public bath or swimming pool, there is a chance to get infected.

As we have already said, trichomoniasis manifests itself to a greater degree in women. Symptoms can be the following:

1. Strong frothy vaginal discharge, having a greenish tinge and an unpleasant putrefactive odor.
2. Itching and irritation of the clitoris, its redness.
3. Unpleasant and painful sensations during urination or after intercourse.
4. Breakthrough bleeding in the middle of the menstrual cycle or after sexual contact.
5. Sometimes - pain in the lower back and in the lower abdomen.

All these symptoms can worsen when menstruation occurs. If you have at least one of them, it is definitely impossible to talk about the presence of the disease. To make an accurate diagnosis, you need to give a smear and, if necessary, begin treatment of trichomoniasis. In women, despite the fact that it causes a lot of inconvenience, it does not cause irreversible consequences: adhesions, inflammatory diseases and infertility, such as chlamydia. However, the mucosal tissue damaged by the bacterium becomes susceptible to other, more serious infections. And in pregnant women, trichomoniasis can cause rupture of the fetus and infection of the newborn.

Treatment of trichomoniasis in women with drugs that have in their composition metronidazole. As a rule, the course of taking these tablets is limited to ten days. It is also very important to take immunostimulating drugs and vitamins in parallel, which will strengthen the body in a complex way. At the time of treatment, it is important to reduce the number of sexual contacts, observe the rules of barrier protection, and for greater efficiency - to treat and your regular sexual partner. This is very important, otherwise it will not be possible to avoid relapse. After the course of treatment it is necessary to re-pass the analysis for the presence of infection. And if he is again positive, pick up another complex of antibiotics, since the first bacterium has already developed immunity. In no case do not self-medicate: diagnose and prescribe drugs should only a qualified doctor!