Trichomoniasis

Towels, pools, hot tubs

Read that this one survives outside the body better than the others. Is non sexual transmission realistic?

plain_paper 4 months ago

NoteMember experience, not medical advice. Symptoms overlap between infections and only a test can tell them apart.

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far_field 4 months ago

The organism does survive somewhat better in moisture than some others, and there are case reports of transmission through shared damp objects. It remains rare.

Chlorinated pools and hot tubs are not a realistic route. Overwhelmingly this is sexually transmitted.

tin_roof 4 months ago

I would be careful about reaching for the non sexual explanation. It is real but rare, and a partner going untreated on the strength of it is how people end up back here in a month.

open_window 4 months ago

The exception worth taking seriously is trichomoniasis found in a child, which needs proper assessment rather than an assumption about towels.

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