Many women have no signs. Men can get it too, as well as serve as carriers. By direct contact, usually sexual, with an infected person. Trichomoniasis is rarely dangerous but it can be very uncomfortable. It can cause vaginal discharge, itching and pain when passing urine.
Men often have no signs.
A few may notice a burning feeling when passing urine or after sex. This should be treated right away. Under a microscope, tricomonads can be seen moving in the secretions taken from the vagina or urethra. Usually with a drug called metronidazole. It comes as a pill, suppository or vaginal cream.