Causes of Trichomonas in men symptoms and treatment

Trichomonas is one of the most common causes of sexually transmitted diseases in men. Their causative agent is a unicellular vaginal Trichomonas, causes symptoms of the same disease for both women and men. Because of its nature it is simply insensitive to antibiotics, therefore treatment with their use ineffective. In the human body can be three types of trichomonads and intestinal, oral and vaginal. Pathological changes causing only the last.

Every tenth person on the planet sick with this disease. Experts have found that the presence of such an infection and if not treated can lead to infection with HIV can lead to infertility and the development of tumors of the genital organs.

While reducing the immune status of men, the causative agents of this disease are capable of the bloodstream into lungs and the mouth cavity, joint fluid or bowel. Trichomonas found in foci in myocardial infarction.

Infection men occurs both sexually and by contact, although the latter happens very rarely. High likelihood of systemic infection and multiple effects of this disease are the reason that his treatment is carried out all specialized clinics involved in the health of the sexual sphere of man.

How to recognize

The incubation period after which the men begin to show symptoms of the disease, is from 1 to 4 weeks. Then the women appear foamy allocation of yellowish brown color, there is itching or burning sensation in the genital area and in men the disease can occur almost asymptomatic. A suspicion of its presence occurs after the partners have the first symptoms of trichomoniasis.

The absence of symptoms is often the cause for allegations that the disease was obtained through everyday life. Mostly in this case there is a chronic process and asymptomatic disease.

There are 3 types of the course of the disease:

• Fresh (can be acute, subacute or sluggish (torpid)).
• Chronic trichomoniasis. Symptoms are mild or absent.
• Carriage. Symptoms are absent.

The acute course of the disease is observed in patients with weak immune systems. While temperature rises, the genitals of male swollen, itchy, discharge acquire an unpleasant odor. The presence of itching and the feeling of "pins and needles" in the region of the penis – symptoms fresh primary disease. Symptoms of acute currents often pass spontaneously in 3-5 weeks, after which men if untreated, become carriers of Trichomonas and the symptoms begin to appear from their partners.

The sluggish course of the disease,also called torpid, leads often to chronic forms of the disease or trihomonadonositelstvo. They often begin to treat only in the event of a relapse.

The main symptoms observed in acute or subacute disease. They rarely appear all together, often there is a combination of 2-3:

• itching in the urethra;
• the allocation of a yellowish, brownish color, often with foam;

• swelling of the lips of the urethra, redness around them, sometimes the appearance of small sores;
• weakened, splashing stream of urine;
• the appearance of frequent and painful nightly erections;
• clouding the first portions of urine.

Diagnostic methods

Treatment of trichomoniasis begin after carrying out of examination of the patient.

Depending on the number of pathogens in the male body and stage of the disease may require different diagnostic methods, from classic to highly sensitive, able to detect even a few cells in flushing or antibodies in the blood of the patient.

Such diagnostic methods are used:

1. The inoculation medium flushing of the urethra. Considered the gold standard. Defines Trichomonas in men in 85-95% of cases.
2. PCR diagnostics and molecular-biological method. Allows high sensitivity to determine the presence of Trichomonas DNA in the smear from the urethra. The sensitivity of the method is 94%, and the percentage of detection rate is 96. A special feature is the possibility of obtaining false positive results.
3. Wet microscopy of the living (native) medication, discharge from the urethral canal men. Allows you to see under the microscope flagellate forms of trichomonads. The sensitivity is 79 of 100.
4. Microscopy of stained smears. Identifies 60 cases out of 100, often gives false-positive results and requires clarification by other methods.
5. Immunoassay diagnostics. Is an indirect method of diagnosing, evaluating such signs of infection as the presence of blood antibodies to Trichomonas. Also has a high frequency of false positive results.

It is important to diagnose men did not start taking medications that depress the activity of the pathogen and relieves the typical symptoms of the disease. This enables quick diagnosis without resorting to methods exacerbation of infection for its accuracy.

Features of therapy

Trichomonas under adverse conditions is able to go into a dormant form cysts. This condition is often occurs if there is inappropriate treatment (choice of antibiotics is not effective enough or insufficient duration of the course). To treat Trichomonas in men and womenthis stage does not make sense, since the cysts are resistant to antibiotics. At this time, is also difficult and diagnosis is to determine presence of the pathogen is really only during exacerbation of the disease and the cysts transition to the active state.

Despite the fact that the man is the carrier of the symptoms of the disease may be absent, it is assigned a treatment to interrupt which itself is impossible because of the high transition probability of infection in a chronic form or carrier. Parallel to the treatment of all sexual partners of the sick men, even if signs of developing trichomoniasis they do not exist.

Treatment consists of physiotherapy, use of drugs, destroying Trichomonas and nonspecific stimulation of the immune system of the patient. It is carried out within 8-14 days, regardless of did symptoms. Continuously monitors for the presence of the pathogen until the treatment is completed.