Re: STD trichomonas - get tested! Could cause painful sex

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Hi Miranda,

Same with me, long time no post. Have had other fish to fry. Re

trichomonas, make sure the testing is accurate. I was misdiagnosed

with this years ago, while in a monogomous relationship, good grief

had been married to the man for over 25 years then, 40 now. It was

when I first started having vulvar symptoms and I was being treated

for EVERYTHING, regardless! The NP who read the slide mis read it.

Turns out it was really LS, was finally diagnosed about 5 years ago,

by a specialist, though have vulvodynia as well. The way he explained

it to me the little buggers need to be moving and other cells can look

like the parasite but do not " swim " about. Caution is key.

Ruthiema

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> Hello everyone! Long time no post.

>

> I read on the second page of the Toronto Star about an STD (caused by

> a parasite) that is being studied that doesn't always show up on

> regular STD tests. It's really common but underdiagnosed because a lot

> of time there are no symptoms. It's called Trichomonas vaginalis. I'm

> going to make an appointment and get specifically tested for it right

> away. It has been linked to painful sex, frequent urination,

> inflammation of the cervix/bladder and Pelvic Inflammatory Disease. It

> is passed through oral sex even...and symptoms show up in women 50 per

> cent of the time, but in men almost never.

>

> I do find it weird my symptoms showed up right after having sex with

> my new boyfriend for the first time. It's a possibility for me

> anyway...maybe if this sounds like you, you could look into it too. I

> was so excited that maybe I have that and it's treatable (you have to

> take a certain kind of antibiotics for it) but I won't be getting my

> hopes up after a year and a half! Anyway here are some links.

>

> http://www.thestar.com/News/article/170462 (the article)

>

>

http://www.steadyhealth.com/articles/Trichomoniasis__Symptoms___Treatment_a208_f\

0.html

> (symptoms)

>

> Something to check out for sure

>

> Miranda

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