Treatment of trichomoniasis

The good news about this infection is that it can be completely cured. The most common drug used for this purpose is called Metronidazole and can be used in combination with Tinidazole. Metronidazole is usually administered in a single dose. It disrupts the helical structure of the DNA within microbes, especially Trichomonas vaginalis, preventing nucleic acid synthesis and eventually leading to cell death.

Possible side effects from using these medications include:

• nausea,
• headache,
• abdominal cramping
• seizures and neurological damage

If someone is allergic to some of these medications then some topical medicines, or medicines applied to the skin, may be used. All women and men diagnosed with trichomoniasis should be treated. Even without symptoms, it can be passed to others.  The symptoms of trichomoniasis in infected men may disappear within a few weeks without treatment.

There are some rules about the treatment and they include:

• Regular sexual partners should be tested and treated to prevent reinfection.
• Person should not have unprotected sex until therapy is completed in both yourself and your partners, and symptoms have resolved.
• Avoid alcohol until 24 hours after the treatment as the combination of the antibiotics and alcohol may cause nausea and vomiting.
• Having trichomoniasis once does not protect a person from getting it again.
• Persons being treated for trichomoniasis should avoid sex until they and their sex partners complete treatment and have no symptoms.