What are the complications of ureaplasma infection

Once ureaplasma infection appears, it is very harmful to human reproductive health, and there are many complications of this disease, we need to fully understand these complications, and once they appear, they should be treated in time.So, what are the complications of Ureaplasma infection? Let's take a look.

1. Non-gonococcal urethritis: urethritis caused by chlamydia or mycoplasma is called non-gonococcal urethritis, and ureaplasma ureaplasma is one of the important pathogens. It is more common in young people and presents with urgency, dysuria, itching or dysuria in the urethra, and sticky discharge or crust at the urethral meatus, which is similar to gonorrhea and milder than gonorrhea, but cannot be distinguished by clinical symptoms and relies on laboratory tests.

2. Acute epididymitis: sudden pain and enlargement of the epididymis, the pain radiates to the ipsilateral groin or lower abdomen, often recurring due to urinary tract infection, which can turn into a chronic process, with obvious scrotal falling sensation and epididymal pain.

3、prostatitis: Prostatitis caused by ureaplasma infection is non-certainBacterial prostatitis, most of which are acute, and the typical symptoms are white dripping of urine, incomplete drainage after urine, and the external urethral opening is adhered by secretions.

4. Male infertility: the relationship between male infertility and ureaplasma has attracted more and more attention, and some scholars have investigated 921 cases of sterile male ureaplasma culture, 511 cases of positive, accounting for 55.48%, while 132 cases of normal fertility group, 25 cases were positive, accounting for only 18.93%. The mechanism of male infertility caused by ureaplasma infection has not been fully understood, and it generally includes the following aspects:

(1) Its mycoplasma invades spermatogenic cells, reducing sperm cell production,

(2) adsorption on the surface of sperm, so that the sperm malformation rate increases,

(3) interfering with sperm and egg recognition fusion,

(4) The presence of common antigens between mycoplasma and sperm may cause immune infertility.

5. Female infertility: Ureaplasma urealyticum in the male genitourinary system can enter the female reproductive tract with sperm, causing endometritis, salpingitis, oophoritis, meningitis, spontaneous abortion and intrauterine stillbirth, etc., which affect fertility.

You should be clear about the complications of ureaplasma infection. It is important to actively treat ureaplasma infection after treatment, and once similar manifestations occur during the treatment process, communicate with the doctor in time and choose the best treatment method as soon as possible.