Questions about Trich STD

[JeffNW]

Hi,

I'm one of those guilty/anxious cheaters who may be creating his own symptoms via anxiety. Actually, that's what I am hoping for.

So, while I know that's true, and it's fine if anyone tells me so, I wonder if anyone can help answer the following questions with factual answers or at least answers based on the best currently available science.

I have eliminated a lot of STD possibilities via testing. I'm really just down to NGU (which I am being tested for and which I don't think is true), HPV (I have no warts and I can't test for anything else), and Trich. So these questions are about trich.

1. If I had symptoms, they came 14 weeks (3.5 months) after potential exposure. I have read that most men don't have symptoms and those that do tend to get symptoms in the first month, but that later symptoms are I guess possible. Does anyone know how often symptoms would appear in a man 3.5 months after exposure?
2. My symptoms are general and may be anything, including anxiety. They include irritation at the tip of my urethra and and frequent urination. Unless I've missed something, there was no discharge and I don't have pain when I urinate. How common might that set of symptoms be?
3. I was not tested for trich--my doctor's lab doesn't do it--and they just treated me precautiously with the single one-day treatment (four pills). I seemed to feel somewhat better the next morning; and then even better the night after that--I barely felt anything weird in my penis last night (1.5 days after treatment), but today (now 2-2.5 days after treatment) the symptoms seem much more obvious. Would this be a typical progression of symptoms after the antibiotic, or would one expect that if symptoms started to lessen after a day and even more after a day and a half, that two days later they'd be even less?
4. At what point after the big megadose of antibiotics have you probably killed the organism?
5. At what point after the big megadose might you expect to see all symptoms gone?
6. If a man has been treated, and if the organism was entirely killed, and then he was tested, he'd be negative, right?
7. If a man resolved the infection on his own, and was tested, would he be negative?
8. How long can a woman have the infection?
9. Is it possible for a woman to have the infection for an extended time--years--and then have it pop up into symptoms?

Thanks to anyone for anytime/information you can give this.

[JeffNW]

Also, Marie, I hope your situation clears up for you soon

[JeffNW]

Marie and Vance, good points both

[Vance2335]

Remember this answer form Dr.Hook just days ago?

"3. Is it likely I have NGU or Trich?
Also quite unlikely although slightly so since you have not been tested for these problems and you were tested for gonorrhea and chlamydia."

[cmariequev31]

I had trich just recently and no one has even cheated here I can promise you that. But we are still waiting on my husband's test. In our case it was either from a past relationship or, there are a vast number of ways I could have gotten it by rare transmission.

If a woman goes thru pregnancy or
breastfeeding, she could potentially
begin to see more symptoms than
before. The same goes for if she changes soaps or diet which could raise the ph of
her vagina making it more hospitable to
the parasite.

I took the one time dose and it was effective immediately but my symptoms do not seem any better and I have not
had sex because my husband is still
waiting on his test before taking the antibiotics. I still have swelling and
itching and I have to take showers on the
dot or it starts to smell.

A woman or man can have the infection for as long as until he or she gets it
diagnosed and treated. I have read that
men's infections may clear up on their
own but then someone told me that was
not true. I am not sure.

Frequent urination, I have read can be a sign of anxiety/guilt. It could be a vast number of otger things too. You would have to consult with yourself on what you think is causing that.

My opinion is that you should just come clean with your guilt and tell the truth. All of this antibiotics taken...especially when unnecessary...can cause serious health problems. It doesn't sound quite mature to me to sleep around, think about it afterwards, and then rush to get tests and take medications that may not be necessary. Medications and abx carry risks in and of themselves. The biggest risk though is that you could potentially destroy the health of the person you truly love. Masturbation could be a much safer option when sex is not available. I hope that is not judgmental I just think that your anxiety and guilt are going to get you into more trouble than anything else and it is starting to sound like a dangerous game.