What is a Trichomoniasis test?
Trichomoniasis or Trich is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases (STD), being more common in women than in men, and 70% of infected people do not develop symptoms.
Why choose Us?
- The Latest laboratory Technology
- Deal Direct Laboratory Best Prices
- Deal Direct Laboratory Best Support
- Pre-Paid Royal Mail Tracked 24/48, Return to Lab Label included.
- Result Certificate Issued by Confidential Email (No SMS)
- MHRA Registered IVD Devices
- Support via WhatsApp during business hours
What does the package include?
Self Swab
- Swab.
- Sample tube with liquid.
- Specisafe plastic case.
- Return bag UN3373.
- Pre-paid label.
- Instructions for use.
Urine
- Sample container.
- Pre-paid label.
- Instructions for use.
What about the exam:
– For women?
- abnormal vaginal discharge that may be thick, thin or frothy and yellow-green
- producing more discharge than normal, which may also have an unpleasant fishy smell
- soreness, swelling and itching around the vagina – sometimes the inner thighs also become itchy
- pain or discomfort when passing urine or having sex
What is special about the exam:
– for men?
- pain when peeing or during ejaculation
- urinary infection, needing to pee more frequently than usual
- thin, white discharge from the penis
- soreness, swelling and redness around the head of the penis or foreskin
How do you get one?
Order your kit online and once it arrive collect your sample at home.
Then, drop off the Kit in the morning to the Royal Mail Red Street Box. Use the Track24/48 Return Label to the Lab.
Lastly, once your results are ready, we will send you an email with your Result. Also you can view the report in your Dashboard.
How long do the results take?
The target turnaround time for the results is 1-2 working days from receiving them in the laboratory. The turnaround time is a guide only and sometimes depends on the assay run schedule.
* If your results are positive, please see your health provider for treatment*
Sample Management
Therefore, consider that the Medicines Online for home delivery is not just a cost-effective way to check in 1 kit. Still, the Trichomoniasis exam is a PCR laboratory solution clinics use for general health checks.
Please make sure the sample is done properly and follow the instructions. Otherwise, invalid results will occur. Sample management rules must be followed, so please follow our guidelines.
At Home or Clinic Checkup
For health services, ask your local service centre or contact us online. You can also get your results via text or email. Most prefer email as it’s more confidential.
We have a subscription method for the weekly delivery of kits. But these home Trichomoniasis kits are of great value. Or you can contact us for some price comparisons. But we won’t be beaten on price or accuracy value proposition.
What are the Common Questions?
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Q: Firstly, what is this infection?
- A: It is a sexually transmitted infection caused by a tiny parasite.
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Q: And how does this bacteria spread?
- A: The parasite is usually spread by having sex without a condom. However, it could be spread also by sharing sex toys, through vaginal-penile or vaginal-vaginal intercourse, anal sex, oral sex and genital touching (skin-to-skin contact without ejaculation).
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Q: So, how contagious is this infection?
- A: But it is very contagious. And in addition to affecting the genitals, it can also infect the anus, mouth and hands.
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Q: therefore, what are the symptoms?
- A: It may never show symptoms, so it spreads so easily. However, if symptoms occur (tend to appear within 5 to 28 days after exposure), you may experience pain or discomfort during intercourse, vaginal discharge that has a bad odour, white discharge from the penis, burning after ejaculation, burning or painful urination.
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Q: What happens if I do not get treated?
- A: Without treatment, Trichomoniasis can last for months or even years. It doesn’t go away on its own. The entire time you’re infected, you can give the STD to your sexual partners.
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Q: But if I am pregnant, does it affect my baby?
- A: If you are pregnant and have this infection, it will increase the risk of premature labour and low birth weight.
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Q: Finally, will it be an issue if I stop the treatment?
- A: Stopping treatment too soon or engaging in sexual contact before the infection is gone can lead to reinfection.
How to Get a Prescription?
Customers across the UK have often complained that they have difficulty getting a Trichomoniasis or any prescription when they get a positive test result. They often visit a doctor or NHS SH centre, which wastes many hours, travel costs, and paying private Doctors’ fees.
Medicines Online is the first UK Diagnostic Laboratory to bundle a Prescription Referral Service with its Product solutions. When you purchase this option, a positive result report is sent within seconds to the dashboard of our referral GP.
Bundle at the time of Purchase: Price £30
- You can select the bundle at the time of the order. The £30 price is a special bundle price due to efficient, simple AI transmission.
- You can also select this £30 Bundle at the checkout.
- Complete your purchase, and if you get a positive result, go to your dashboard and fill out the pop-up Referral Questionnaire from the Doctor.
- If your result is positive, a Referral is automatically transferred to the Doctor for processing via the Doctor’s Login Dashboard. You will be contacted by email or telephone if the doctor has any questions. If approved, your Online Digital prescription will be automatically emailed the same day or the next day, and you can take it to your nearest Pharmacy.
Total time: Up to 1 day from positive result to email your Digital Prescription.
When choosing the bundle, regardless of your result, you choose the special price ‘In case of receiving a positive result’. A regular prescription is twice the price. The bundle option is an offer as a pack. This value is not refundable. It’s a good choice if you’re sure you have an infection. If you don’t have anything but want to get a test to be sure, then maybe this is not for you. And anyway you have the £60 option later if you want it.
And the Non-Bundle Price option of £60
You can wait until you get your Trichomoniasis result and then visit our Online Prescription Page and pay for your Referral Consultation at the regular rate of £60.
- Purchase the Referral Prescription product for £60 on the website.
- Provide the order number that you had a positive result so we can track it and Upload your result pdf.
- Complete the purchase and fill out the pop-up Referral Questionnaire from the Doctor.
- For positive Tricho results, your Referral is automatically transferred to the Doctor for processing. You will be contacted by email or telephone if the doctor has any questions. If approved, your Online Digital prescription will be automatically emailed within 1 day of completing the questionnaire, and you can take it to your nearest Pharmacy.
Total time: Up to 1 day for processing Digital Online Prescription.
Prescription does not apply for HPV, HIV and Syphilis products.
What is the Scientific Data on the Instrument and Reagent?
Technology Method:
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Limit of Detection:
500 copies/ mL
Sensitivity:
In the kit’s positive and negative reference controls, the positive and negative coincidence rates were 100%.
Specificity: No cross-reactivity of the kit between the microorganisms was observed.
Accuracy: Precision reference controls were tested 10 times, and the Ct value’s coefficient of variation (CV%) was no greater than 5%.
Result/Outcome/Range
- Positive/Negative/Inconclusive
Accuracy
The accuracy of any of our diagnostic PCR systems is defined as the combination of sensitivity and specificity variables. Sensitivity is the PCR’s ability to confirm positive results; specificity eliminates negative results. All our methods are validated with high accuracy (up to 98.5%).
Variables
Accuracy can be affected by various factors that our lab cannot control. Infection intensity, patient health, and sample quality, dependent on adherence to “home testing” procedures, can all limit the test results. Although our PCRs are extremely sensitive, a poor-quality swab makes it harder to detect the presence of infection, as fewer viral particles will be present. Please carefully consider the information sheet accompanying your sample collection kit to ensure a high-quality sample.
Detection
The Trichomoniasis PCR detection is designed to accurately detect the presence of the pathogen in the sample. It uses a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) amplifying method to detect the pathogen.
Any diagnosis should be discussed with your healthcare provider. Any results from our medical diagnostics laboratory are intended to be viewed by healthcare professionals. This should be done with a patient’s medical history, lifestyle, and other factors that may influence results, which should be shared with your GP when discussing these results.
Positive result
A positive result suggests the presence of a parasite in the sample at the time of sampling. Upon receiving positive results, you should contact your healthcare provider for treatment. You can also gain a prescription through our website. It is possible that the parasite does not present symptoms of the disease, but you may still be infectious to others.
Negative result
While this can provide reassurance, it is important to understand its significance. This means the PCR did not detect the presence of infection at the time of Sampling. Results should still be discussed with a healthcare provider while considering lifestyle and sexual history.
Page Quality Review:
Review Date : 19/01/2024
Reviewed By :
Are there Shared Stories?
Rose has an ongoing battle and also with fear.
“Hello, everyone. My name is Rosie, and I want to tell my trichomoniasis story. I’ve been visiting gynaecologists for over a year; I’ve been to 4. I have constant heartburn. In January last year, I took the first swab (the generic one), which showed candida albicans. I first went to my GP and then to my first gynaecologist; I did the treatment that was prescribed to me.
But it didn’t solve anything.
I knew that candida was hard to defeat, so for a month, I also went on an anti-candida diet; I took natural remedies, such as grapefruit seeds, propolis and aloe vera, under the advice of my herbalist. Despite everything, my heartburn continued to be there. Afterwards, of my own free will, I took the swabs again (this time specific), where I tested negative for candida and other infections and positive, however, not for trich.
Then I thought, “So the treatment hadn’t had an effect! My problem is trichomoniasis.” That’s what I thought. And so it was that I contacted the first gynaecologist again (who previously told me that I only had candida and nothing else), who gave me a treatment with tricandil ovules and four trimonase tablets. No benefit! So, thinking that the treatment wasn’t right (on the internet, I read that metronidazole is the only one that can defeat it).
I changed to a gynaecologist.
The latter told me that even if the swab showed positive, in reality, I didn’t have it (he doesn’t believe in swabs); he told me that I had both candida (even if the swab didn’t show it) and a small sore and it was the one that caused the heartburn, and so he burned it.
After the burn and the treatment, I still had those usual burning sensations. I spoke to him about the “vulvodynia” that I had read on the internet, and he told me “, You’re fine; you just have to have a child, and you’ll see that everything goes away and then stay relaxed!”. Meh!!!!!!
I decided to go to a doctor in Chelsea.
I had read her name online (V Association). He was very kind and willing to listen to everything I had to say. He told me I have mild vulvodynia, so he gave me a cure for a month: pollen, saginil, veteran, sporanox (for candida) and exercises to do at home (contraction and relaxation and stretching). I did the treatment + the exercises. Unfortunately, I had poor results: among other things, vatran gave me nightmares, so I stopped it under the doctor’s advice.
The same doctor told me that if I hadn’t solved the problem with this month-long treatment, I would have to do “tens”… I’m from Nottingham and for me this would have meant travelling Nottingham-London every week… it’s a bit complicated, but if it helps PSs heal, I’m also willing to do it.
Except that before taking this step, a Kit, I thought about doing the vaginal swabs again to make sure I still didn’t have any infections (this was in November 2009). From the swabs, I tested positive for it again. And so (maybe I was wrong, I don’t know) I went to the fourth gynaecologist (this time in Nottingham) to get a treatment that was effective in destroying it.
I paid her two visits.
I did the prescribed treatments, but I’m still at the same point.. still burning! When I spoke to the latter doctor about the “tens” that the London doctor had possibly recommended to me, she told me that these devices had been replaced by vaginal cones and advised me to use them once removed infections. Sorry if I’ve gone on… but understand that I’m very confused and not very confident; at the same time, I want to feel good and solve this problem that has been bothering me for too long. Thank you so much for reading my message, and I look forward to your advice. Kisses to all.
That first message was followed by others on the health forum, and from there, I learned about Rosie’s forum. However, before the summer, I repeated the vaginal swabs, which came back negative, I had a colposcopy which revealed that I was affected, and from there, I took a three-month treatment with colpofix gel and immunotoxin doses.
My current situation is not this.
I continue to have heartburn, and the last time I tried to have intercourse, I had pain and burning in the days after intercourse, also urinary burning. I’m tired, and I’m scared… I hope to have a diagnosis and find a way to recover.
A thousand thanks!
Shipping and Return Policies
Appointment:
Missed appointments or cancellations less than 24 hours prior are not entitled to refunds. Rescheduling is possible but not guaranteed. Please contact the customer service prior to the appointment time to discuss cost and availability options.
Shipping & Return:
We have a 14-day return policy, which means you have 14 days after receiving your item to request a return.
To Qualify for any return, the product must be in the same condition as when you received it. Not used, not opened, unworn, in its original packaging. You will also need to send it to us with the receipt or proof of purchase.
Please return to: Medicines Online, 89 Falcon Rd, London. SW11 2PF
You can read our full return policy here:
https://medicinesonline.org.uk/return-policy/
We offer next day delivery; however courier delivery times are out of our control. We are unable to offer refunds for any late deliveries. But you will receive courier tracking information once your order has been dispatched. And orders placed by 1pm are dispatched on the same day.
What is the Shipping and Returns Policy?
Appointment:
Missed appointments or cancellations less than 24 hours prior are not entitled to refunds. Rescheduling is possible but not guaranteed. Please contact customer service before the appointment to discuss cost and availability options.
Shipping & Return:
We have a 14-day return policy, which means you have 14 days after receiving your item to request a return.
To Qualify for any Trichomoniasis kit return, the product must be in the same condition as when you received it. It is not used, not opened, unworn, and in its original packaging. You will also need to send it to us with the receipt or proof of purchase.
Please return to Medicines Online, 89 Falcon Rd, London. SW11 2PF
You can read our full return policy here:
https://33.medicinesonline.org.uk/return-policy/
We offer next-day delivery; however, courier delivery times are out of our control. We are unable to offer refunds for any late deliveries. But you will receive courier tracking information once your order has been dispatched. Orders placed by 1 pm are dispatched on the same day.
Principle IVD Regulatory Certifications
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MHRA Registration Number: 9489 – Sample Tube & Swab
Page Quality Review:
Review Date : 18/01/2024
Reviewed By :
Kiera W. –
The home test kit made it so easy to manage my health from home. I appreciated the privacy and convenience!
Aimee Wall –
Received my result very fast. Very pleased with the efficiency of this health testing company!