A young female patient has just been diagnosed with a trichomonas infection. What symptoms should the nurse expect to assess in this patient?

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Trichomonas infection often presents with frothy yellow-green vaginal discharge, itching and irritation of the genitalia, and dysuria (painful urination). Fever is not a typical symptom, and smooth lesions on the labia majora are not associated with trichomonas infection.

A Young Female Patient Has Just Been Diagnosed with a Trichomonas