How long can Trichomonas survive in underwear?

Trichomonas is a highly adaptable and robust parasite; how long it can survive in underwear depends on the environment. Trichomonas can easily die outside the body. If the temperature reaches 80 degrees, it will die. Pay attention to cleanliness and hygiene, change underwear every day, and put cotton towels and underwear in the sun. Metronidazole tablets are a special medicine. Let’s discuss how long Trichomonas can survive in underwear.

Trichomonas can survive on underwear for more than ten hours. It is recommended to boil underwear infected with Trichomonas for 10 minutes to kill the bacteria, and also take metronidazole orally. If women are recommended to cooperate with vaginal plug metronidazole suppositories, they should see a doctor for follow-up as instructed by the doctor on time, and do not stop taking the medicine on their own to prevent recurrence due to incomplete treatment. Sexual intercourse should be strictly prohibited before recovery to prevent cross infection, and spicy food should be avoided in normal times.

The living Trichomonas is transparent and colorless, in the shape of water droplets, and the flagella shake with the vibration of the oscillating membrane. The life cycle of Trichomonas is simple, it can only humidify the body but has no vegetative stage. The humidified body has strong mobility and can survive for 2 days at 3-5℃; 20-60 minutes at 46℃; about 10 hours in a semi-dry environment; and 45-120 minutes in ordinary soap solution. Trichomonas not only parasitizes in the vagina. It also often invades the urethral orifice or urethral paragland, and even the bladder, renal pelvis, and foreskin folds, urethral orifice or prostate of men. You should go to the hospital for a physical examination in time. The infection modes include: direct infection: spread through intercourse; indirect infection: through public bathrooms, bathtubs, baths, swimming pools, toilets, clothes, equipment and medical dressings, etc.

Because Trichomonas can cause vaginitis and urethral infection, we must pay attention to prevention in our daily life. Especially for the infected group, it is also necessary to do a good job of prevention. In order to prevent the recurrence of infection, attention should be paid to some ways of infection of Trichomonas, such as unclean sexual life, and public bathrooms or swimming pools.