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Just within the past hours i found out by accident (I am 11 weeks pregnant and have heavy bleeding, so I went to ER to be checked out) that I have Trichomonas. My husband and i are married for 7 years; he is the ONLY person I have ever been intimated with. During the court of our marriage, it never occured to us that we should get tested for any kind of STDs, even though thinking back both of us might have had some symptoms which we didn't know were from STDs (mostly because we didn't believe we would have them). I don't know what else i might have besides trichomonas. i'm so hurt. i am angry. my husband is shocked too. Before our marriage, I knew that my husband dated a couple of girls (at different times of course). He just admitted to me a while ago that he had sex with three of them several times each. (Those incidents happened 14 to 10 years ago.) He thought they were the kind of girls who wouldn't have the diseases. What kind of test should he get? I have insurance and he doesn't, should I get a comprehensive STDs test?? and assume that whatever I have, he has also, or do we both need the tests? Any suggestion is appreciated.
Thanks grace for catching that,
I learn something all the time from you, not just excellent wine choices.
stdquestions, best of luck and in the mist of everything forgot to say: congratulations on your pregnacy.
I learn something all the time from you, not just excellent wine choices.
stdquestions, best of luck and in the mist of everything forgot to say: congratulations on your pregnacy.
the false positive rate for trich can be high with pap tests. I advised covering all the bases because you are pregnant and you can't be too careful with pregnancy. Ask your obgyn to repeat your trich testing in a few weeks with a trich pcr test. I'm a trust no one fan so even though in your heart you don't believe your partner has had other partners recently, cover all the bases.
I have to correct jessy though - yes indeed heavy bleeding can interfere with testing for trich but typically it would be a false negative with that, not a false positive.
I have to correct jessy though - yes indeed heavy bleeding can interfere with testing for trich but typically it would be a false negative with that, not a false positive.
Dear JessyJames2010, thank you for your answers. I haven't taken the medication because I read some reports that it might have some adverse effects on my unborn if taken during the first trimester. Since I don't have any of the symptoms of Trich, I will ask for a re-test before taking the medication. And I think you are correct, I should trust my STD results from my Dr. Thank you and have a great evening.
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We are glad to see you are seeing doctors for all this.
Sounds like you OB is well versed in STDs and a good doctor. Yes, ER doctors have a bad rep for some reason or another.
1. This is true
2. That you are Heavily bleeding has no effect on Trich test.
3. You got negative results, and so that they were false negatives is very very rare to occur.
You should believe you STD results.
You should only test for trich again if you haven't taken any medication for it.
We are glad to see you are seeing doctors for all this.
Sounds like you OB is well versed in STDs and a good doctor. Yes, ER doctors have a bad rep for some reason or another.
1. This is true
2. That you are Heavily bleeding has no effect on Trich test.
3. You got negative results, and so that they were false negatives is very very rare to occur.
You should believe you STD results.
You should only test for trich again if you haven't taken any medication for it.
I dont know if this additional information will help or not, but I don't have foul odor or vaginal itchy, although I have some small white/cloud vaginal discharge around my ovulation time. Thanks again!
Thank you for all your responses and supports. I am back with some updates and perhaps some more questions. I visited my Ob-Gyn today for a follow-up and asked him if I should take the Metronidazole (this medication was prescribed by the ER doctor) now or wait a couple of weeks until I am in my second trimester. My Dr was very supprised that the ER Dr concluded that I have Trich, because all of my blood works came out negative for everything that he ordered for me as the pregnancy package (apparently he did test me for all of STDs except for trich). He said that if I was heavily bleeding while in the ER, he didn't believe that they could test for Trich. Anyway, he wanted me to wait a couple of weeks to take the medication.
My Dr. said there are several senarios given that my husband is the only person I ever have any kind of sex: (1) My husband cheats on me during our marriage, (2) He contracted Trich not very long before married me and passed it to me, then we've passed the disease back and forth over the years. The doctor indicated that for male, trich doesn't stay pass a couple of years. The last senario is that the result I got from the hospital is NOT correct. I can confidently rule out the first senario, and I want to believe the third senario. My questions for you all are:
1. Is it true that Trich goes away on its own without treatment if a guy is not sexually active for a couple of years (let's say two years)? I learned that Trich stays for a very long time in a woman.
2. How accurate can the test for Trich be when the woman is HEAVILY bleeding?
3. My Dr. told me and gave me all the bloodwork reports indicating that I don't have any other STDs including genital herpes (too bad he didn't order one for Trich). Should I ask for another round of tests to make sure the results I have from my Dr. are reliable? or just retest for Trich in case the third senario is correct?
Your input are valuable to me. Sorry for a long post and thank you for your response.
My Dr. said there are several senarios given that my husband is the only person I ever have any kind of sex: (1) My husband cheats on me during our marriage, (2) He contracted Trich not very long before married me and passed it to me, then we've passed the disease back and forth over the years. The doctor indicated that for male, trich doesn't stay pass a couple of years. The last senario is that the result I got from the hospital is NOT correct. I can confidently rule out the first senario, and I want to believe the third senario. My questions for you all are:
1. Is it true that Trich goes away on its own without treatment if a guy is not sexually active for a couple of years (let's say two years)? I learned that Trich stays for a very long time in a woman.
2. How accurate can the test for Trich be when the woman is HEAVILY bleeding?
3. My Dr. told me and gave me all the bloodwork reports indicating that I don't have any other STDs including genital herpes (too bad he didn't order one for Trich). Should I ask for another round of tests to make sure the results I have from my Dr. are reliable? or just retest for Trich in case the third senario is correct?
Your input are valuable to me. Sorry for a long post and thank you for your response.
Typically the local health department can test cheaply for trich. detecting it in males is hard though.
If you've had regular pap tests since you've been with your partner, this isn't something you had and brought into the relationship. The odds of his having had it for years and you just now getting it is also incredibly low. Definitely cover yourself by you getting a full std panel and making him get one done too. He probably can't get tested for herpes at his local health department - they usually only do lesion cultures on active symptoms. He'll need to seek that out elsewhere. protect yourself and your pregnancy with full screening and asking your obgyn a lot of questions as to how this could show up now.
grace
If you've had regular pap tests since you've been with your partner, this isn't something you had and brought into the relationship. The odds of his having had it for years and you just now getting it is also incredibly low. Definitely cover yourself by you getting a full std panel and making him get one done too. He probably can't get tested for herpes at his local health department - they usually only do lesion cultures on active symptoms. He'll need to seek that out elsewhere. protect yourself and your pregnancy with full screening and asking your obgyn a lot of questions as to how this could show up now.
grace
Hello again,
No problem we are here to help. I am going to assume you are living in the U.S. so any medical place with MDs/DOs/RNs/Nurses are good for effective treatments after a test.
I think Planned Parenthood has some finacial packages to go with them.
No problem we are here to help. I am going to assume you are living in the U.S. so any medical place with MDs/DOs/RNs/Nurses are good for effective treatments after a test.
I think Planned Parenthood has some finacial packages to go with them.
I appreciate you taking time to read and respond to my post. Do you or anyone here know where my husband can go to get the cheapest yet still affective treatment(s) after the tests? I found some info online regarding "free clinic," and thought I'd ask to see if there are other options? Also, anyone have any experience with free clinic, please share. Thank you!
Hi
I am sorry you are going through this. STDs affect everyone, even the faithuful ones ---those in monogamous relationships. This is a good example of why STD testing for couples is very important. You shouldn't beat yourself up over this as many people won't get tested before a relationship and assume/believe or have the view that
"we didn't believe we would have them".
If you haven't taken any antibitoics test for gonorrhea, chalmydia, and since you are medically insured you should test for everything: HIV, gential herpes (HSV-2), syphilis, Hep B, yeast infection, and BV (the latter two aren't STDs per se).
You cannot make the assumtion that if you have an STD then he has it too; this is because not ever sex act leads to infection. However, since both of you are in a long term relationship the odds are higher that both of you may share similiar STDs if present. Both of you need test.
If you are trying to save money (as he us not convered by insurace): the only STD he can get treatment for --by your doctor without him testing is chalmydia.
I am sorry you are going through this. STDs affect everyone, even the faithuful ones ---those in monogamous relationships. This is a good example of why STD testing for couples is very important. You shouldn't beat yourself up over this as many people won't get tested before a relationship and assume/believe or have the view that
"we didn't believe we would have them".
If you haven't taken any antibitoics test for gonorrhea, chalmydia, and since you are medically insured you should test for everything: HIV, gential herpes (HSV-2), syphilis, Hep B, yeast infection, and BV (the latter two aren't STDs per se).
You cannot make the assumtion that if you have an STD then he has it too; this is because not ever sex act leads to infection. However, since both of you are in a long term relationship the odds are higher that both of you may share similiar STDs if present. Both of you need test.
If you are trying to save money (as he us not convered by insurace): the only STD he can get treatment for --by your doctor without him testing is chalmydia.
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