A woman goes to her gynecologist and reports that she is experiencing pain during intercourse and frequently has an unusual vaginal discharge that is increased in quantity and sort of foamy. A vaginal smear shows normal appearing epithelial cells along with small leaf-shaped cells with prominent oval nuclei. What disease is the woman experiencing?

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The symptoms described (pain during intercourse, increased foamy vaginal discharge) are indicative of trichomoniasis, a sexually transmitted infection caused by the protozoan parasite Trichomonas vaginalis. The presence of small leaf-shaped cells with prominent oval nuclei on a vaginal smear is also characteristic of trichomoniasis.

A Woman Goes to Her Gynecologist and Reports That She