Women beware of mycoplasma "coming to the door"
What is mycoplasma infection
Mycoplasma is a pathogenic microorganism that lies somewhere between bacteria and viruses. Mycoplasma is a large family, with more than 70 species, most of which are pathogenic to humans and animals. However, there are only 14 types of hazards in two categories. The two types are mycoplasma and ureaplasma. Common pathogens include Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Mycoplasma genitalium, Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma urealyticum. When the body's immunity is low, mycoplasma infects humans.
After infection, it mainly causes diseases of the respiratory tract and genitourinary tract. Among them, Mycoplasma pneumoniae is mainly transmitted by "droplets", which passes through the mucociliary layer of the respiratory tract, binds to mucosal epithelial cells, and then invades bronchial, lymphatic and alveolar walls to cause interstitial pneumonia and acute bronchitis. Children and adolescents are highly susceptible to infections due to underdeveloped immune systems. Mycoplasma genitalium, Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma hominis mainly infect the human genitourinary tract and can cause a variety of diseases. It is mainly transmitted through sexual contact. When the immunity is weakened, it is infected, which can cause non-gonourethritis,Cervicitis，vaginitisand other gynecological inflammation.
If you are infertility, don't neglect mycoplasma testing
Inflammation of the reproductive organs is one of the common gynecological diseases, and it is also the main cause of infertility and infertility. The female reproductive tract is often infected by pathogens such as bacteria, fungi, protozoa, chlamydia, mycoplasma, and viruses, resulting in changes in the environment of the female reproductive tract, which is not conducive to sperm survival, motility and acrosome response, and is not conducive to pregnancy and egg implantation; or due to inflammation that narrows or blocks the genital ducts, preventing sperm from meeting eggs.
Mycoplasma infection can causeChronic cervicitis, which changes the characteristics of cervical mucus during ovulation, which is not conducive to the passage of sperm. It can also produce local inflammation, causing endometritis, salpingitis, oophoritis, pelvic inflammatory disease and infertility. Mycoplasma can also interfere with the maternal immune system, causing systemic and local reactions that can cause miscarriage or intrauterine stillbirth. It can be caused in menepididymitisandprostatitisIt can also adsorb sperm, block sperm movement, cause sperm destruction and loss of sperm cells, and cause damage to germ cells. Mycoplasma has the same antigenicity as the sperm membrane, which causes the body to produce anti-sperm antibodies, resulting in infertility and infertility.
Although mycoplasma is generally transmitted through sexual contact, some people carry it normally and do not have symptoms, and if mycoplasma is found positive during preconception testing, experts recommend that it be treated againpregnant, if oncepregnant, which can lead to puerperal fever, spontaneous miscarriage, stillbirth and premature birth in pregnant women. If a baby is infected through the birth canal, neonatal meningitis or "wet lungs" can develop.
Don't be fooled by the "asymptomatic" manifestations of mycoplasma
Women with mycoplasma infection are more likely to have germline inflammation that spreads around the cervix. 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. In most cases, the infection is confined to the cervix and must be detected by a doctor's professional gynaecological examination. Presents with increased leucorrhoea, 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.
However, mycoplasma can only adhere to receptors on the surface of epithelial cells in the respiratory or genitourinary tract and do not enter tissues and blood. Mycoplasma cells have a certain growth cycle, and repeated testing in a short period of time will produce some differences. In addition, mycoplasma infection in the gynecological clinical examination, because the nutritional requirements are higher than that of ordinary bacteria, in addition to the basic nutrients, 10~20% of human or animal serum needs to be added to provide the cholesterol required by mycoplasma. The optimal pH is between 7.8~8.0, and if it is lower than 7.0, it will die, but the optimal pH of ureaplasma urealyticum is 6.0~6.5. Therefore, the experience of the examining doctor, the difference in equipment and instruments, and the location of the specimen will also have a direct impact on the results of the examination.
Final advice: once tested positive for mycoplasma, for women who want to have children, in order to ensure the health of you and your baby, it is best to go to a professional maternity hospital for scientific treatment.