Mycoplasma and chlamydia, what is going on?

According to the WHO, more than 1 million people are infected with sexually transmitted diseases every day, and an estimated 500 million people are infected with mycoplasma or chlamydia each year.

Non-gonococcal urethritis caused by these two microorganisms (mycoplasma and chlamydia) is the most common genital tract infectious disease in clinical practice, which has a certain impact on the quality of male sperm, sperm production, sperm-egg union and pregnancy outcome.

1. Affect gonadal function, mycoplasma and chlamydia can cause chronicityprostatitisIn recent years, the association between these two microorganisms and prostate cancer has also become a hot topic of research and attention, suggesting that mycoplasma infection may promote the formation of prostate cancer.At the same time, mycoplasma chlamydia infection can also affect the function of the epididymis, thus affecting the reproductive ability of men. In particular, chlamydia can cause urethritis,epididymitis, orchitis andprostatitisHowever, half of the patients have no clinical symptoms or some mild symptoms that are difficult to detect, so chlamydia is also called a "silent" pathogen.

2. It directly affects the quality of sperm, and will have different degrees of impact on the concentration, motility, morphology, and DNA damage of the mirror.

3. The impact on the embryo and fetus, studies have found that these two microorganisms will increase the risk of miscarriage, even in assisted reproduction, when the semen is optimized, the chlamydia or mycoplasma attached to the surface of the sperm cannot be washed, which will lead to the contamination of the culture medium, and then infect the egg cell, and then the quality of the embryo will decline.

As important pathogens of sexually transmitted diseases, mycoplasma and chlamydia can affect multiple organs of the male reproductive system, directly or simply affect sperm quality, adversely affect male fertility, and also have a certain impact on the outcome of assisted reproduction.

These two pathogens can be diagnosed through the culture of urethral secretions or prostatic fluid, etc., once the diagnosis is clear, the husband and wife should take oral sensitive antibiotics together for about 10 days; During this period, it is advisable to abstain from sex or wear a protective condom, after 10 days, until the retest is negative.