What to Watch for

• Symptoms show up 3-14 days after having sex.
• Typically affects women, but affects both women and men. In men, trich can cause NGU and raises risk for prostate cancer.
• Many people have no symptoms.
• The MOST common STD in young, sexually active women. There are 7.4 million new cases each year in men and women.

Women:

• Itching, burning, or irritation in the vagina.
• Yellow, greenish, or gray discharge from the vagina.

Men:

• Watery, white drip from the penis.
• Burning or pain when you urinate.
• Need to urinate more often.

Spread during vaginal sex. Use condoms always.

• You can give trich to your sex partner(s).

• Uncomfortable symptoms will continue.
• Men can get infections in the prostate gland.