Is mycoplasma infection in women a sexually transmitted disease

Yes and not quite! Because, only when a female mycoplasma infection has caused the occurrence of "non-gonorrhea", it can be called a "sexually transmitted disease".

In fact, mycoplasma infection is very common, with a detection rate of 60% in women who have had sexual life. Mycoplasma is a class of minimal prokaryotic cellular microorganisms between bacteria and viruses that lack a cell wall, and there are many types, but the main ones that cause disease to humans are 6 species: Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Mycoplasma hominis, Mycoplasma genitalium, Mycoplasma occultus, Mycoplasma fermentum and Ureaplasma urealyticum.

Among them, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Mycoplasma occultus, and Mycoplasma fermentum infections mainly cause respiratory tract and lung lesions, and both men and women may be affected.Obviously, in this case, female mycoplasma infection has nothing to do with STDs.

The other three types of mycoplasma infections mainly cause genitourinary tract infections, especially in women, so does it mean that infection is equivalent to sexually transmitted diseases? Apparently not.

Mycoplasma hominis, Mycoplasma genitalium, and Ureaplasma urealyticum are "conditionally pathogenic bacteria", that is, under normal circumstances, it may also have parasites in the female genitourinary tract, thus presenting an infection state. However, as long as it is not in large number and does not reach the level of pathogenicity or adverse consequences, it does not require special treatment, and it is mainly based on regular observation, and has nothing to do with sexually transmitted diseases, let alone AIDS, syphilis,Genital wartsand other venereal diseases!

However, it should be noted that if mycoplasma infection persists in women for a long time, it leads to clinical symptoms, such as non-gonococcal urethritis, which is a sexually transmitted disease, and symptoms such as increased urethral discharge, painful urination, frequent urination, increased vaginal discharge, and blood capillary leucorrhea can occur, and can be transmitted through sexual contact.

To put it simply, if you don't have any symptoms, although you have been diagnosed with mycoplasma infection, you can only say "mycoplasma carrier" if you do not talk about it as a sexually transmitted disease.