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Trichomonas Misdiagnosis

I have been married for over 20 years (got married when I was 18 ane my husband was 19).  I have never had any other sexual partner and have no doubt that my husband had been faithful. After three diagnoses of UTI and reading info on the internet I went to a different doctor to see if I might have bacteria vaginosis. The doc told me that I had trichomonas that was diagnosed via a wet prep.  The actual report said "bacteria-many; trichomonas-few".  The doctor basically told me that my husband was lying to me because the only way that I could have received it was if he gave it to me or if I were with someone else.  Could this be a misdiagnosis?  Could I ask the lab to have another microbiologist to look at the sample?
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LISTEN! I've just recently come back from the doctor with the very same issue. My wife is seven months pregnant and she went to the ER for cramping. The urinalysis concluded she had trich. All hell broke loose in the ER because she swore I hadn't been faithful. I was shocked.I knew I wasn't unfaithful to her so I had her retested. It came back positive again. I went to the MOMS clinic and they said I had white blood cells in my urine and there were signs of trich but the flagella were dead, not active or not swimming. The only knew this because my test was sent to the same place hers was. I still didn't believe it so yesterday I went to another urgent Care facility and I had to swab inside my penis and have it sent off. I'm still waiting on the results but in the meantime we went to her obgyn today and had a talk. I knew I didn't give it to her and I was suspecting her just as much as she was suspecting me and even doubted if I was the father of our child. UPDATE: After Talking to the obgyn, who is also a close friend of hers, we ran though a list of possibilities. One was towels.... yea our most moist towels used to wipe after sex. We ruled that out pretty much.... but this was the kicker. Sex toys.... yes sex toys. We use toys pretty often when having sex and alot of times after sex we don't just jump up and clean the toys off.... hell we lay around exhausted. Sometimes we don't clean them until we're about to use them again. It may lay on the table or whatever. We used it anally as well as vaginal. We use dove soap which isn't a strong antibacterial as well when it came to cleaning it. That's what it was. Her Obgyn also said that they are updating the testing on STDs such as those to rectal examinations because some studies have shown that it may be contracted that way. I also finger her *** when eating her out then I may take my finger out and use the same fingers to separate her vagina lips to eat her out OR expose her clitoris to eat lick it. There it was and it was that info that saved our marriage because we both are stubborn and thought the other person contracted it from outside our marriage. I hope this helps. We took our medicine so we should be okay in a week. Her Obgyn said this is a more common issue than we who are not in the medical community know about. She said its especially common in older couples because the use of toys are more prevalent because the older males have a more difficult time performing sexually so they use toys as an alternative. And without an immediate thorough cleaning with antibacterial soap.... this can happen.
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Thank you for your post!! You just saved my husbands *** because I was about to flip out! I have had supposedly 2 UTI and was informed today I have trich and the only way is if him or myself have been with a different sex partner. I did mention anal but not toys and what would you know, we definitely experiment after 15 years lol!
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So I recently was diagnosed with Trich after having my IUD removed.  This was the first time I have ever had this and not had a std in about 10 years so it took me by surprise , mind you I am also in a committed relationship. I have been battling chronic BV, UTI and Yeast infections every since I got the IUD which was 6 years ago. Now with that being said, BV and Trich have very similar symptoms an even share the same treatment (metronidazole )so something in my gut told me to get a second opinion. I didn’t take the medication so I wouldn’t have it interfere obviously with the new exam ... at first the Dr was reluctant to give me another test probably because they see so many people not wanting to admit to themselves that their spouse/partner must of cheated. After some back and fourth she agreed to give me another exam ... well we’ll well what do you know . No sign of Trich but definitely a sign of BV which was not diagnosed the day before. Apparently the last clinician misdiagnosed me for having Trich instead of the damn BV that I always get. I say this to say, if you have any doubt the clinician could have been wrong and you know you have been faithful , your partner faithful or no sex at all then get a second opinion!  There is an obvious reason why a woman would be diagnosed with Trich but then when her male partner gets tested it’s he doesn’t have it ! It’s because BV is not sexually transmitted. Smh at the thought of relationship ending because of suspected infidelity when in reality it was a misdiagnoses.
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I was just in for a routine pap smear with my new 1st time visit with a GYN and my paps came back showing that I have trichomonas, I have been with my husband for 20yrs and no one else and i feel that 100% he has not been with anyone else. The doctors are so quick to point fingers and say lets do more STD tests, because some one is not being faithful...I had a test back in 2009 and everything was negative. Now the doctors want to put my husband through the painful test instead of just giving him the medicine that I had to take. i to did not have any symtoms. It just showed up. I have had endometreois flare ups in the past which have the same symptoms, except no burning feeling. but again i showed no symptoms. I have read that you could get this in pools, wet towels, and even toilet seats, if the seat is wet and you sit without thinking in a hurry- i feel you could get it. it makes since to me. considering it lives in your urethea. I feel like if it is contaigous and you can get it or give it to someone from having sex then they automatically say it is a STI
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please if you ever get on here...please email me ***@**** I need info :(
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I would say believe your husband.  I was just diagnosed and I haven't had sex in 3 years!!!!! I also haven't had any symptoms.  So how do you explain that?
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When I went to my follow up visit with the doc two days later for some other lab results and told thim that I had no reason to doubt my husband and asked could I have aquired the bacteria another way, he went into a lecture on how he sees this all the time and that if we just worked on our relationship skills that my husband could be honest enough to tell me the truth.  I was speechless.  Then I became angry.  Now I feel like this doctor thinks that I'm an absolute nut case for trusting my husband.
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Trichomonas is easy to identify. Nothing else will give the flagellated movement of the Trichomonas  organism. That having been said. I have seen cases of Trichomonas that were not specifically sexually transmitted. Let your husband off the hook.
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