Symptoms usually appear in women between 4 to 28 days after having sex with an infected person. However, 50% of women are asymptomatic (have no symptoms) when it comes to Trich and never get treatment. Usually if left untreated for six months, women then start showing some of the symptoms listed below.

• Vaginal discharge ranging in color from gray to green to yellow.
• Foul odor, smells fishy.
• Sourness, tenderness, and itching if the genital area.
• Pain during urination.
• Uncomfortable during sexual intercourse.
• Itching or soreness of the labia and inner thighs.
• Swollen labia.

Just be sure that you make sure your teenage daughter knows a normal female discharge is usually clear or whitish and has no odor. This will ensure that she will know if anything is wrong.

Males who have Trichamoniasis have the tendency to be more asymptomatic than females. Of the men who do seek treatment, typically do so because of an infected partner, not necessarily because of showing any symptoms. Of the men who do show symptoms of Trich would experience:

• Urethral itching.
• Burning after urination or ejaculation.
• Urethral discharge, frothy or pus-like.
• Painful/ difficult urination.
• Inflammation of the prostate gland.