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Trichomonas vaginalis is a form of microrganism that affects millions of humans in industrialized countries. It is estimates that 5 to 8 million North Americans are infected with the STD each year. The infection is transmitted sexually, and new studies this year have determined that eleven percent of women in their 40's have the infection. The reason trichomonas vaginalis has gone so under reported is because unlike ofther STD's such as herpes and chlamydia, trichomonas vaginalis does not have to be reported to the CDC. With this new study now published, it is reported that over 8 percent of all women have it. The main concern with with women over the age of 40 because they have the highest infection rate. In the past, it was thought that only 4 percent of older women had trichomonas vaginalis. What is more disturbing is that black women with the infection are significantly higher, ver 22 percent of all over 40
Trichomonas vaginalis is an easily treatable STD. It can be cure simply with antibiotics, however the infliction goes largely unnoticed and testing is not part of a normal gynelogical exam. Researcher say that routine testing needs to be done because if it is left untreated in men and women, it can lead to prostate and cervical cancers. Trichomonas vaginalis infection in men is even harder to detect. Last December The Johns Hopkins team tested 500 men and found that 10 percent of them were inflicted. The U.S. Center For Disease Control lists trichomonas vaginalis as the most common sexually transmitted disease in the nation. The World Health Organization estimates that there are over 173 million newly infected individuals every year.
Prevention of trichomonas vaginalis can be to avoid sex all together, however the CDC recommends using condoms correctly, or be long-term mutually monogamous relationship with a partner that has been tested negative for the infection. The problem with being tested is that health care providers are using older less than reliable traditional methods of testing rather than newer the latest genetic assay which is 100 percent fool proof. Right now researchers are urging the CDC to require all health care providers to report trichomonas vaginalis that way more data and research can be collected. Until then, bringing national awareness in order for detecting and combating the STD will likely result in the same trends where victims simply live with it year after year and continue to spread it. Meanwhile, it is the most curable STD in sexually active people.