Oral herpes symptoms are most often cold sores — small fluid-filled blisters on or around the lips that break into painful sores and crust over within a week or more. A first outbreak can bring fever,
Crusted (Norwegian) scabies is a severe, highly contagious form of scabies in which thousands to millions of mites infest the skin, forming thick, scaly crusts. It mostly affects people with weakened
No — scabies won't clear on its own. The human itch mite burrows into your skin to live and lay eggs, and without a prescription scabicide the infestation persists and spreads. Treatment kills the mit
Scabies is a skin infestation caused by a microscopic mite, Sarcoptes scabiei , that burrows into the upper layer of skin to live and lay eggs. In adults it's frequently passed through sex and close s
Permethrin 5% cream is the first-line treatment for scabies in pregnancy because it's applied to the skin and very little is absorbed. Oral ivermectin and lindane are generally avoided during pregnanc
Scabies symptoms are intense itching that's worst at night and a pimple-like rash, often with tiny crooked lines called burrows where the mite tunnels under your skin. After a first infestation, sympt
Scabies testing usually starts with a clinical exam: a clinician looks for the telltale burrows, rash, and intense itching. To confirm it, they may scrape a suspicious spot and check it under a micros
Trichomoniasis is a curable sexually transmitted infection caused by a microscopic parasite called Trichomonas vaginalis . It's the most common curable STI in the US, and most people who have it feel
Trichomoniasis complications happen when an untreated Trichomonas vaginalis infection inflames the genital tract. In women that inflammation can spread upward and contribute to pelvic inflammatory dis
Trichomoniasis discharge is classically thin and frothy with a yellow-green tint and a fishy odor, often alongside genital itching, soreness and burning during urination. But the parasite is unpredict
No — trichomoniasis does not reliably go away on its own. It's caused by a parasite that can live in the genital tract for months or years without treatment, so waiting it out usually means a persiste
Trichomoniasis can go undetected for months or even years, because about 70% of infected people never develop symptoms at all CDC, About Trichomoniasis. There's no fixed incubation clock that forces s
No, don't drink alcohol while taking metronidazole (or tinidazole) for trichomoniasis. Combining either drug with alcohol can trigger a disulfiram-like reaction — flushing, nausea, vomiting, headache,
Trichomoniasis in pregnancy is treated with oral metronidazole, taken as a multi-day course, and it's considered safe in any trimester. Tinidazole is avoided during pregnancy because there's less safe
Oral and throat trichomoniasis is essentially not a clinical entity. Trichomonas vaginalis , the parasite that causes trich, lives in the genital and urinary tract and doesn't colonize the mouth or th
Yes — you can absolutely get trichomoniasis without anyone cheating. A current infection can sit silent for a long time, so a positive test today may trace back to a partner from months or even years
Yeast infections are caused by an overgrowth of Candida yeast — usually Candida albicans — that normally lives quietly in the vagina. The common triggers are anything that disrupts the balance keeping
If a yeast infection won't go away after treatment, the usual reasons are that it wasn't a yeast infection at all, that the yeast is a fluconazole-resistant non-albicans species, or that you finished
Oral thrush is an overgrowth of Candida yeast on the lining of the mouth and throat. It shows up as creamy white patches on the tongue, inner cheeks, gums, or back of the throat that can be scraped of
To prevent yeast infections, keep the genital area clean and dry, wear breathable cotton underwear, avoid unnecessary antibiotics, and manage blood sugar and hormones where you can. Most vaginal yeast
Yes, you can have sex with a yeast infection — it isn't dangerous to a partner the way a true STI is, since a vaginal yeast infection isn't usually sexually transmitted. But sex while you have one oft
No — a yeast infection isn't a sexually transmitted infection. Vaginal yeast infections are caused by an overgrowth of Candida yeast that normally lives on the body, not by something passed during sex
To test for a yeast infection, a clinician examines a sample of vaginal discharge under a microscope (a wet prep) and checks vaginal pH, sometimes adding a fungal culture. Home pH strips can hint at t
An untreated yeast infection often clears on its own or stays a mild nuisance, but it can worsen into intense itching, raw skin, cracks in the vaginal wall, and secondary bacterial infection. In rare