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Trichomoniasis

The smell has not gone

Finished the course. Discharge improved, the smell has not. Do I need retreating?

plain_paper 2 months ago
NoteMember experience, not medical advice. Symptoms overlap between infections and only a test can tell them apart.

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northwindow 2 months ago

Go back rather than retreating on assumption. Persistent odour after trich treatment is often bacterial vaginosis, which is extremely common alongside it and which sometimes needs its own treatment or recurs.

Retreating for trich would not address it.

still_water 2 months ago

Worth mentioning to avoid a detour: douching makes this worse rather than better, and it is what everyone reaches for. It disrupts the balance that is already disrupted.

slate_roof 2 months ago

Ask for a proper assessment rather than a repeat prescription over the phone. Several different things produce the same symptom and guessing between them wastes weeks.

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