Trichomoniasis is probably the most commonly spread sexually transmitted disease (STD) in the US at present, yet hardly anyone has heard of it. The main reason is that there are many “silent” cases, with no symptoms at all.
The purpose of this piece is to raise awareness of this infection in the hope of doing a small part to have people get themselves tested. Unlike HPV Strains 16 and 18, it is not strongly linked to cervical cancer, there is evidence that it can increase the risk of this disease to a small extent, but any increase in risk for cervical cancer is too big an increase. By the way, we covered HPV some time ago, here.
Fortunately, after diagnosis it is easily treated and cured in the course of a week or two, depending on the regimen used. We shall get into that near the end of the piece.
This is sort of an unusual piece for me, because many years ago, before the former Mrs. Translator and I were an item, I became infected with this parasite. As we cover the subject, I shall insert my personal observations where appropriate.