What's going on with Mycoplasma urethral infection

In fact, Mycoplasma urethral infection is also relatively common in our lives, generally transmitted through sexual transmission, we also need to understand about Mycoplasma urethral infection, we will now learn more about the basic information about Mycoplasma urethral infection.

Most of the routes of mycoplasma infection are sexually transmitted, and mycoplasma infection is easily causedprostatitis, orchitis and other diseases, it is recommended that you go to a regular hospital for relevant examinations, according to the results and symptoms of the examination under the guidance of the doctor, do not blindly take drugs by yourself, so as not to delay the condition.

Adults are mainly transmitted through sexual contact, while newborns are transmitted through the mother's reproductive tractparturitioninfection. In adults, the site of infection is in the urethral mucosa, and in women, the site of infection is in the cervix. Neonates mainly cause conjunctivitis and pneumonia.

Mycoplasma can only adhere to receptors on the surface of epithelial cells in the respiratory or genitourinary tract without entering tissues and blood. Mycoplasma causes cell damage as follows: mycoplasma adhered to the surface of host cells absorbs nutrients from cells and obtains lipids and cholesterol from cell membranes, causing cell damage; Toxic substances produced by mycoplasma metabolism, such as Mycoplasma neurolyticum, can produce neurotoxins, causing cell membrane damage; Ureaplasma contains urease, which can hydrolyze urea to produce large amounts of ammonia, which has a toxic effect on cells. In addition to adhering to the surface of cells and macrophages, mycoplasma can also adhere to the surface of sperm, thereby preventing sperm movement, and it produces neuraminidase-like substances that can interfere with the binding of sperm to egg. This is one of the causes of infertility caused by mycoplasma infection.

Symptoms of mycoplasma infection

The incubation period is 1 to 3 weeks, and the typical acute symptoms are similar to those of other non-gonorrhea genitourinary tract infections, with tingling in the urethra, varying degrees of urgency and frequency, and tingling during urination, especially when the urine is more concentrated. The urethral opening is mildly red and swollen, the discharge is thin, the amount is small, it is serous or purulent, and it is necessary to squeeze the urethra vigorously to see the discharge overflow, often in the morning, there is a small amount of mucous discharge at the urethral opening or only a scab seal, or a dirty crotch.

In the subacute phase, prostate infection is often present, and patients often present with perineal pain, backache, and discomfort on the medial thighs of both thighs, or a tingling sensation that radiates from the perineum to the medial thigh when performing levator anal maneuvers.

In women, germline inflammation that spreads around the cervix is more common. Most of them have no obvious symptoms, and a small number of severe patients have a feeling of falling vagina, and when the infection spreads to the urethra, frequent urination and urgency are the main symptoms that attract the attention of patients. Infection is confined to the cervix and manifests as increased vaginal discharge, opacity, cervical edema, hyperemia, or superficial erosions. Infection spreads to the urethra and manifests as flushing, congestion, and squeezing of the urethral meatus, with a small amount of discharge and rarely tenderness.

The most common comorbidity of mycoplasma infection is salpingitis, and a small number of patients may present with endometritis and pelvic inflammatory disease.

Effects of mycoplasma infection on male infertility

Mycoplasma 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.

Mycoplasma transurethral infection may present with symptoms of urethritis and may develop secondarilyChronic prostatitisWhen 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.

1. 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.

2. Increased sperm malformation rate: Mycoplasma infection leads to an increase in sperm malformation rate which is another characteristic of infertility. According to clinical observation, the rate of sperm malformation can sometimes be as high as 80% in such infertile patients.

3. Destruction of spermatogenic cells: There are a large number of spermatogenic cells in the seminiferous tubules of the testicles, and these spermatogenic cells develop and multiply to form spermatozoa. When mycoplasma enters the seminiferous tubules of the testicles from the urethra, prostate and other parts, it will destroy spermatogenic cells, causing the "spermatogenic factory" to produce counterfeit and inferior products, resulting in infertility.Patients with infertility should pay attention to the examination of mycoplasma infection in order to identify the cause and treat the symptoms.

Symptoms of the prostate gland caused by Chlamydomydia infection

Caused by Ureaplasma urealyticum and Chlamydia trachomatis infectionChronic prostatitis, often urethritis spreads upward. The diagnostic criteria are as follows:

(1) Clinical symptoms: frequent urination, urgency, painful urination, residual urination, milky white urethral opening, pain and discomfort in the pubic bone or perineum and around the anusSexual dysfunctionWait.

(2) The prostate gland is normal in size or enlarged, uneven on the surface, or slightly hard and tender, and irregular inflammatory nodules can be palpable.

(3) Prostatic fluid examination microscopic examination of leukocytes ≥ 10/Hp or pile-up phenomenon, body reduction or disappearance, pH > 6.8.

(4) The detection of mycoplasma adopts the culture method, the medium contains phenol red, which can decompose urea to produce ammonia during the growth process, so that the pH of the medium, and the phenol red indicator is affected by the change of pH value and makes the medium change from light yellow, which is positive, indicating the growth of ureaplasma

The above introduces some basic information about Mycoplasma urethral infection, and we can see that it is caused by inattention in our lives, so we must maintain a good living environment.