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I've been diagnosed with trichamonas ivr be been with my husband for 10 years he says he hasn't had another partner. can it lie dormant for this long?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Trichomoniasis: Trichomoniasis may be silent in 70% of infected people. I don't know how many years one can be infected without being aware but in some cases it has been years.

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Answered 4/21/2016

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