New Study -Trichomonas, the most common curable sexually
transmitted infection, may cause prostate cancer (PLoS Pathogens,
August 2012).
Studies show men infected with trichomonas are 40
percent more likely to develop prostate cancer than those without
this infection. This study shows that trichomonas helps convert
normal cells to cancerous ones by activating the protein PIM1,
known to cause cancer cells to grow.
Sexually active men and women, particularly those with
several partners, are likely to acquire and keep this parasite in
their urinary tracts until they are treated for it. Most infected
people have no symptoms, so they are never treated.
Your doctor can take a smear of vaginal fluid in women and a
urethral smear in men, and look at the fluid under a microscope to
find the parasite. Then your doctor usually treats both you and
your partner(s) with two grams of metronidazole pills in a single
dose. Realize that the next time you are exposed to an infected
person, you will be re-infected yourself.
transmitted infection, may cause prostate cancer (PLoS Pathogens,
August 2012).
Studies show men infected with trichomonas are 40
percent more likely to develop prostate cancer than those without
this infection. This study shows that trichomonas helps convert
normal cells to cancerous ones by activating the protein PIM1,
known to cause cancer cells to grow.
Sexually active men and women, particularly those with
several partners, are likely to acquire and keep this parasite in
their urinary tracts until they are treated for it. Most infected
people have no symptoms, so they are never treated.
Your doctor can take a smear of vaginal fluid in women and a
urethral smear in men, and look at the fluid under a microscope to
find the parasite. Then your doctor usually treats both you and
your partner(s) with two grams of metronidazole pills in a single
dose. Realize that the next time you are exposed to an infected
person, you will be re-infected yourself.
