Trichomoniasis is a very common sexually transmitted disease and is easily curable. It is estimated that each year nearly 74,00,000 new cases of trichomoniasis occur in both men and women worldwide (2014). Trichomonas vaginalis is the parasite that causes this infection. Both men and women can harbour this parasite but it the woman who faces the symptoms and trouble. Men may have this parasite inside their urogenital tract but usually, it doesn’t produce any symptom in them. Sometime a man may feel some discomfort after ejaculation or urination but this is not common. So men mostly behave as a carrier. Signs and symptoms of trichomoniasis Trichomoniasis is asymptomatic in males but females may show the following signs and symptoms; Copious, frothy, greenish yellow or cream-coloured vaginal discharge. Valvar itching and burning Painful urination Reddish vaginal and cervical mucosa, tender and eroded. Painful sexual intercourse View of Cervix in Tr...
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