Routes of Mycoplasma genitalium infection
Mycoplasma genitalium infection is a very common disease, most of this disease is caused by patients who do not pay attention to hygiene, generally men will get such a disease, in fact, when men and women have sex, if they do not do contraception, they have not been cleaned, it is very easy to cause diseases, so we should still pay attention to hygiene, so what are the ways of Mycoplasma genitalium infection?
1. Sexual contact infection transmission: chlamydia infection is a sexually transmitted disease, and with the increase of sexual life and sexual partners, the rate of urogenital chlamydia infection also increases.
2. Vertical transmission from mother to child: Chlamydia trachomatis infection from mother to child can be infected through contact infection in the birth canal, intrauterine infection and puerperal infection, among which contact infection in the birth canal is more common.
3. Indirect contact transmission: Mycoplasma and chlamydia can be transmitted through sexual contact, as well as through hands, eyes, towels, clothing, baths, toilets and swimming pools. Sexual relations with multiple people, urethritis of the man, poor hygiene, etc., are susceptible to infection.
If mycoplasma infection is severe, it will affect the baby's future fertility
Nongonococcal urethritis is caused by genitourinary tract infection with mycoplasma, which is characterized by itching, burning sensation and difficulty urinating in the urethra, and in a few cases, frequent urination. The urethral opening is mildly red and swollen, the discharge is thin, and some patients are asymptomatic. Females manifest as increased vaginal discharge, burning of the urethra or pelvic inflammatory disease, salpingitis, etc., which can cause infertility, miscarriage andectopic pregnancy。
After mycoplasma and chlamydia infect the human body, they first invade columnar epithelial cells and grow and multiply in cells, and then enter the intracellular proliferation of monocyte macrophage systems. Because mycoplasma and chlamydia multiply in cells, they lead to the death of infected cells, and at the same time, they can still evade the host immune defense function and obtain intermittent protection.
The pathogenic mechanism of mycoplasma and chlamydia is to inhibit the metabolism of infected cells, dissolve and destroy cells and lead to the release of lytic enzymes, cytotoxic effects of metabolites, causing allergic reactions and autoimmunity.
When the human body is infected with mycoplasma and chlamydia, it produces specific immunity, but this immunity is weak and lasts for a short time, and mycoplasma and chlamydia infection is easy to cause persistent, recurrent infection, and latent infection. In terms of cellular immunity, most patients with active cured chlamydia often cause delayed allergic reactions when given intradermal injection of the corresponding antigen. This allergic reaction can be passively metastasized with lymphocytes. This immunity is most likely mediated by T cells. In terms of humoral immunity, after mycoplasma and chlamydia infection, neutralizing antibodies appear in serum and local secretions. Neutralizing antibodies can prevent chlamydia from adsorbing host cells and can also enhance phagocytic cell uptake through opsonization.
The most common site of invasion of mycoplasma and chlamydia in the female reproductive tract is the cervix, which can cause endometritis, salpingitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, acute urethritis and Bartholin's adenitis.Pregnant women with mycoplasma and chlamydia infection,parturitionWhen the fetus passes through the birth canal, it can cause ophthalmia and pneumonia in the newborn.
Mycoplasma and chlamydia can be transmitted through sexual contact, as well as through hands, eyes, towels, clothing, baths, toilets, and swimming pools. Sexual relations with multiple people, urethritis of the man, poor hygiene, etc., are susceptible to infection. If you are unfortunate enough to be infected with mycoplasma virus, you should seek medical attention as soon as possible. Experts from Jingtian Hospital particularly reminded that the key to preventing infection is to clean oneself and do a good job in personal health care.