Causes of ureaplasma infection

Many friends don't know that in fact, mycoplasma and chlamydia are also a type of sexually transmitted diseases, and mycoplasma is clinically divided into two types: ureaplasma and mycoplasma humaniformis.However, this does not mean that you can ignore and leave ureaplasma infection untreated, because it is very harmful.

If ureaplasma infection is not treated in time, it is easy to go up and make the urethra also infected by bacteria, if so, it will easily lead to the appearance of some urological diseases, it is important to understand the cause of ureaplasma infection and prevent the disease.

The cause of ureaplasma infection is mainly transmitted through sexual activity, which is more common during the period of youthful sexual vigor, especially after unclean sexual life. When the genitourinary tract is inflamed and the mucosal surface is damaged, ureaplasma is easy to invade through the broken opening, causing genitourinary tract infection. After ureaplasma infection, most patients have no obvious symptoms, which is difficult to be detected by patients, and it is easy for doctors to miss the diagnosis.

After mycoplasma infection, mycoplasma adhered to the surface of the host cell absorbs nutrients from the cell and obtains lipids and cholesterol from the cell membrane, causing cell damage. The toxic substances produced by its metabolism, such as mycoplasma neuticum, can produce neurotoxins, causing cell membrane damage; Ureaplasma contains urease, which can hydrolyze urea to produce large amounts of ammonia, which has a toxic effect on cells. In addition to adhesion to the surface of cells and macrophages, mycoplasma can also adhere to the surface of sperm, thereby preventing sperm movement, and its production of neuraminidase-like substances can interfere with the combination of sperm and egg, which is an important factor leading to infertility.

To understand the causes of ureaplasma infection, knowing that it is mainly transmitted by sexual contact, you also need to know that if the body's immunity is relatively low, if you do not pay attention to hygiene habits during sex, there will also be a situation that will lead to ureaplasma infection, if you want to prevent ureaplasma, you should not only pay attention to your sex life, but also improve your own immunity.