Trich also known as trichomoniasis can be detected through urine tests.
Urine tests and urine samples are a very common and also non invasive way of diagnosing the trichomoniasis or trich infection in both women and men, through use of advanced lab tests.
To test for trichomoniasis or trich using urine tests, laboratories use a Nucleic Acid Amplification Test or NAAT, which detects the genetic material (DNA or RNA) of the Trichomonas vaginalis parasite.
For the urine test for trichomoniasis, or trich you will often be asked to provide a first catch or first void urine sample, which is the first 20 to 30 milliliters of your initial urine stream.
This first urine stream will capture the highest concentration of the trichomoniasis parasite.
And for the most accurate result, you should also avoid urinating for at least an hour before your urine sample is collected.
Other testing methods for trichomoniasis or trich include a microscopy or a vaginal swab for women.
In some doctor's offices, a fluid sample for trichomoniasis may also be examined under a microscope right away to look for the moving trichomoniasis parasite.
And for women, a vaginal swab is often preferred and is also considered to be the most sensitive way to test for trichomoniasis or trich.
A urine test, though is the main and least invasive method for testing for trichomoniasis or trich, but sometimes a urethral swab may also be used if a urine test does not yield a definitive result.
Trichomoniasis or trich is the most common curable sexually transmitted infection (STI), caused by the parasite Trichomonas vaginalis.
Trich or trichomoniasis, is easily transmitted through genital contact during vaginal, oral, or anal sex.
Trich or trichomoniasis is treated quickly with prescription antibiotics.
Up to 70 percent of people infected with trichomoniasis or trich never show any symptoms, which makes it easy for trichomoniasis to spread without knowing it.
And because the symptoms of trichomoniasis mimic other infections, a urine test or swab test is required for a definitive diagnosis.
Having trich or trichomoniasis does not build immunity and you can also be infected again with trich or trichomoniasis if your partner is not treatment simultaneously.
Symptoms of trich or trichomoniasis also often appear within 5 days to 28 days of exposure, but they can also show up much later.
In women, the symptoms of trich or trichomoniasis include itching, burning or soreness in the vagina/vulva, change in vaginal discharge, which can be clear, white, yellowish, or greenish and an unusual fishy odor, discomfort during sexual intercourse and pain or burning while urinating.
In Men the symptoms of trich or trichomoniasis include itching or irritation inside the penis, mild discharge from the penis and burning during urination or after ejaculation.
If the trich or trichomoniasis is left untreated it can cause genital inflammation, which makes it easier to get or spread other STIs, which include HIV.
And in pregnant women, it can result in premature delivery and low birth weight babies.
Trich or trichomoniasis is also completely curable through use of prescription antibiotic medications like tinidazole or metronidazole, which is taken either as a single dose or over a 7 day period.
However both you and your partner also have to be treated for trich or trichomoniasis at the same time to prevent passing the parasite back and forth.
You should also wait to have sex until a week after you and your partner has finished all the medication and the symptoms of the trich or trichomoniasis has disappeared.