Does trichomoniasis, the most common nonviral sexually transmitted disease in Saudi Arabia and the globe, get all the focus it requires?
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: One of the sexually transmitted parasitic diseases (STPDs) is trichomoniasis. It is infectious disease, spreads through unprotected sexual intercourse, and may cause a variety of reproductive health problems in both men and women. There is a serious knowledge gap about trichomoniasis, which could have increased the rate of infection and Trichomonas vaginalis (TV). In a study was carried out to measure the knowledge and the determinants of sexual health and sexually transmitted infections among women in Saudi Arabia, frustrating it was found that more than 70% of the participant women having no idea about the types, transmission, symptoms, causes, prevention, and cure of trichomoniasis. This review aimed to provide the update knowledge about TV, mode of infection, epidemiology in KSA and globally, symptoms, methods of trichomoniasis diagnosis, and line of treatment. Moreover, a comparison of the prevalence of the disease in the KSA and other regional and international countries. It could be concluded that TV should incorporated into standard protocols utilized by medical practitioners to screen for sexually transmitted diseases. Furthermore, advance sensitive diagnostic procedures should be applied, as this would ensure nearly exact data regarding the frequency of the disease in each and every KSA area as well as other countries.
Author: Ramya Ahmad Sindi
Institution: Umm al-Qura University
Language: English
Subfield: Microbiology
Field: Immunology and Microbiology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4409619382