What are the dangers of ureaplasma infection?

Many people may not know much about ureaplasma infection, it is very similar to chlamydia and mycoplasma infection, once a similar situation occurs, it is important to understand its harm and treat it in time.So, what are the dangers of ureaplasma infection? Let's take a look.

Harm to male reproduction

Ureaplasma urealyticum is a class of prokaryotic microorganisms, the volume is between bacteria and viruses, and there are three kinds of mycoplasma that cause disease to humans, among which Ureaplasma urealyticum is a common pathogen of the human genitourinary tract, which is related to many genitourinary tract infections, perinatal infections and infertility, and is one of the pathogens of sexually transmitted diseases.

Ureaplasma urealyticum is widely distributed in nature. In addition to humans, many animals such as cats, cows, chickens, dogs, ducks, sheep, horses, rats, monkeys, pigs, pigeons, etc., as well as insects and plants are able to carry and store this pathogen.

Both ureaplasma and mycoplasma hominisis can be transmitted from mother to baby through obstructive delivery. The isolation rate of Mycoplasma hominis in the genital tract of infants before one year of age was 4%; Ureaplasma urealyticum occurs in 6% of male infants and 38% of female infants. As we age, mycoplasma in the genital tract decreases rapidly. Mycoplasma is rarely isolated from the genitourinary tract in adolescent boys, compared with 27% of ureaplasma and 5% of mycoplasma hominis in girls. However, after puberty, the rate of mycoplasma genitalium isolation gradually increases, and it becomes more pronounced after sexual intercourse.

According to relevant data, Chinese scholars cultured a total of 2,181 cases of ureaplasma urealyticum in infertile couples, and 1,203 cases were infected, accounting for 55.16%. Among them, 511 were males, accounting for 42.48%; There were 692 females, accounting for 57.52%. It can be seen that the pathogen is commonly infected among infertile couples in China.

Mycoplasma transurethral infection may present with symptoms of urethritis and may develop secondarilyChronic prostatitis。 When prostatic fluid is examined, a lively, swimming microflora is seen.Mycoplasma also continues to infect the sperm ducts, seminal vesicles, and testicles, affecting the quality of sperm and semen, causing infertility.

Mycoplasma has been observed to cause infertility through the following links.

Interfere with sperm motility

Sperm motility is an important function of healthy sperm, an important indicator to measure whether sperm can conceive, and sperm movement must have a certain speed and frequency. After mycoplasma infects spermatozoa, it often attaches to the head and tail of sperm, so that the whole sperm is covered with attachments of different sizes, causing sperm to swim weakly and entangle with each other, resulting in infertility.

Increases the rate of sperm malformations

An increase in the rate of sperm malformations due to mycoplasma infection is another feature of infertility. According to clinical observation, the rate of sperm malformation can sometimes be as high as 80% in such infertile patients.

Destruction of spermatogenic cells

The seminiferous tubules of the testicles contain a large number of spermatogenic cells, which develop and multiply to form spermatozoa. When mycoplasma enters the seminiferous tubules of the testicles from the urethra and prostate, it will destroy spermatogenic cells, resulting in a decrease in sperm quality and quantity, which in turn leads to infertility.

For the treatment of ureaplasma, we generally use a combination of Western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine. However, some patients have difficulty in completely returning to normal sperm quality and quantity after turning negative.

Harmful to female infertility

A large number of clinical data have proved that ureaplasma ureaplasma is related to infertility, spontaneous abortion, stillbirth, female reproductive tract inflammation and other abominable diseases that threaten women's basic health. According to relevant data, among the common inflammation of the genital tract in women, ureaplasma ureaplasma accounts for non-gonococci bacteriavaginitisof 67.6% inCervicitisandvaginitisAmong the cases, the detection rate of urea-mycolyticum was 67%.This indicates that ureaplasma urealyticum is closely related to inflammation in gynecological diseases.

Ureaplasma urealyticum is closely related to female infertility. According to relevant statistics, about 90% of infertile couples are infected with Ureaplasma oleaplasma, while only 22% of normal women can detect Ureaplasma. Ureaplasma infection often leads to inflammation of the genital tract, resulting in necrosis of mucosal cells, loss of motility in the cilia in the fallopian tube, and inhibition of the movement of the zygote; Not only that, ureaplasma urealyticum can be directly adsorbed on the head of sperm, destroying the motility of sperm, affecting the normal movement of sperm, affecting the normal combination of sperm and egg, and it is difficult for patients to fertilize normally; In addition, ureaplasma infection also has a common antigen with the sperm membrane, which may be caused once infectedImmune infertilityIn infertility, ureaplasma infection rates range from 55.2% to 80%.

It is worth noting that there are also many people infected with Ureaplasma urealyticum among pregnant women, and there are as many as 80% of reports of pregnant women in foreign countries, and 55.12% in China, which is a problem worthy of attention.

Female genital tract infections

Ureaplasma ureaplasma infection can cause genitourinary tract infections and is considered the most important pathogen in nongonococcal urethritis after chlamydia (50%).

Leads to premature birth

It is not only harmful to the health of the mother, but also to the survival of the fetus.According to clinical observation, once infected with Ureaplasma urealyticum, it is easy to have serious consequences such as low birth weight, neonatal respiratory tract infection, central nervous system infection, and fetal death. Sufficient attention should be paid to it. Because 80% of pregnant women have ureaplasma in their reproductive tracts, they can infect the fetus through the placenta and cause preterm birth, stillbirth, or moreparturitionto infect newborns, causing respiratory tract infections. Another cause of undesirable causes of ureaplasma infection is miscarriage, and the positive rate of ureaplasma detected in aborted tissues is as high as more than 40%. Unexplained miscarriages, particularly in patients with multiple miscarriages, should be considered for ureaplasma infection.

ectopic pregnancy

Inflammatory adhesions of the fallopian tubes caused by incomplete obstruction caused by ureaplasma infection can narrow the lumen and become unobstructedectopic pregnancyimportant reasons.

The introduction of the dangers of ureaplasma infection should be clear to everyone. There are many ways to cause ureaplasma infection, and once the disease is detected, it is important to take preventive measures in addition to aggressive treatment to avoid recurrence.