The most common STDs are trichomoniasis. It affects both men and women. If untreated, this ailment can cause serious complications.
Especially often they provoke trichomoniasis in men, whose symptoms are absent. In this case, there are no clinical manifestations, but the harm is no less. Therefore, if a man is sexually active, changes partners and is not protected, then he needs to be regularly tested for STDs. This will help to identify and treat them in a timely manner.
Trichomoniasis is transmitted through sexual contact. It is extremely rare to get infected if you violate hygiene rules. This occurs when using a contaminated towel, linen, washcloth of a sick person. Trichomoniasis in children appears, as a rule, in this way.
It is also possible infection of the child from a sick mother during childbirth. Therefore, when diagnosing trichomoniasis in a pregnant woman, it is necessary to carry out its treatment.
Trichomoniasis in men, symptoms:
- urinating frequently with gusts;
- discharge from the urethra and pain in it;
- the appearance of ulcers and erosion on the penis;
- blood in urine and semen;
- soreness in the perineum;
- heaviness in the pelvis.
Over time, cystitis, pyelonephritis, and narrowing of the urethra may develop . The severity of signs depends on the characteristics of the body.
Without the necessary treatment, the symptoms of the disease go away, but a chronic form occurs. It leads to prostatitis, erectile dysfunction, infertility, inflammation of the genital tract. In addition, a sick man infects his sexual partners, sometimes without even realizing it.
Trichomoniasis disease in its manifestations is similar to other STDs and is often combined with them. Therefore, it is very important to conduct their full diagnosis. For this, a general smear from the urethra is given, PCR is carried out, crops are performed.
Treatment begins only after the establishment of all pathogens. Therapy of uncomplicated acute trichomoniasis is carried out by metronidazole. Various schemes of its reception are applied. The course of treatment is selected by the doctor, taking into account individual characteristics, the severity of the process, the duration of infection.
Local treatment of this disease is ineffective. During the treatment with metronidazole, alcohol is prohibited. A man undergoing treatment for trichomoniasis should refrain from sexual intercourse. After therapy, control tests are given. If they are negative, the patient is considered cured.
Sometimes additional treatment is added to the main therapy with metronidazole. It includes prostate massage, administration of immunomodulators, and urethral instillation. In chronic trichomoniasis, additional treatment is mandatory. Metronidazole is taken longer and in large doses, sometimes several drugs are used. Treatment should be carried through to the end, otherwise trichomonads may develop resistance to metronidazole. This will significantly complicate subsequent therapy.
Prevention of trichomoniasis is the exclusion of random sex, the use of condoms. If, after sexual contact, urinate and wash the penis with household soap, this will reduce the likelihood of infection. In addition, special tools have now been developed, the use of which after sex prevents infection.
A man should definitely inform his partners about the detection of trichomoniasis in him. They should be examined and treated. Otherwise, repeated sexual contact with them can lead to reinfection. In humans, immunity to trichomoniasis is not produced. He can become infected with this disease many times.
Thus, trichomoniasis in men, whose symptoms are similar to other STDs, can lead to serious complications. Therefore, sexually active men need to be checked regularly and immediately go to the venereologist when symptoms appear. Quite often, trichomoniasis in men is not diagnosed in a timely manner. Symptoms of this disease may be absent or mild.