Mycoplasmosis or ureaplasmosis is an infectious disease that is caused by a pathological microorganism - mycoplasma. There is a huge variety of these microbes, but some of them have been identified, the pathogenicity of which has been proved. These include: mycoplasma hominis, genitalia, mycoplasma pneumonia and ureaplasma urolytic. Next, we will tell in detail what problems and diseases can cause these types of mycoplasma hominis and genitalia in women, and also what symptoms they manifest.
Mycoplasma and ureaplasma - symptoms
What kind of trouble can mycoplasma deliver to a woman?
Most often mycoplasmosis in women is manifested by symptoms of inflammation of the genitourinary system (vaginitis, endometritis, salpingoophoritis, cystitis , urethritis, pyelonephritis).
As a consequence of chronic chronic inflammation (10-15% of this infection is latent, without clinical manifestations) in the uterus, fallopian tubes, in a small pelvis. Due to the development of adhesions, a woman may suffer from infertility or get an ectopic pregnancy.
If, after all, a normal pregnancy has occurred in a woman with mycoplasmosis, the pathological effect of this microbe may have on the growing and developing fetus or on the course of pregnancy itself (frozen pregnancy, spontaneous abortion, mycoplasma can cause fetal conjunctivitis, intrauterine pneumonia).
Mycoplasma - symptoms in women
As already mentioned, 10-15% of women have an asymptomatic course of mycoplasmal infection. In acute forms of the disease, the patient complains of pains in the lower abdomen, which increase with physical activity and sexual contact. A woman with mycoplasma notes abundant white, transparent or yellowish discharge. Rarely spotting spotting in the period between menstruation (associated with the onset of ovulation).
With the weakening of the body (frequent overfatigue, hypothermia, secondary infection) mycoplasma and ureaplasma with blood and lymph flow can be transferred to near and far organs, causing inflammation in them (cystitis, rectum inflammation, pyelonephritis and pneumonia). In the case of pyelonephritis, the patient can complain of dull pain in the lower back, which can give into the bladder. Very frequent symptoms of pyelonephritis and cystitis are an increase in body temperature above 38.5 ° C and painful urination.
Briefly I want to say about mycoplasmal pneumonia - a fairly rare phenomenon. Its causative agent is mycoplasma pneumonia and is transmitted more often by airborne droplets, less often hematogenous. The diagnosis of mycoplasmal pneumonia is established on the basis of the detection of genetic fragments of this pathogen (by polymerase chain reaction) in the patient's sputum.
Treatment of mycoplasmosis in women should be carried out with antibacterial drugs (fluoroquinolones, cephalosporins, tetracyclines).
Mycoplasma infection is dangerous due to its consequences (adhesion process, infertility). It is more reasonable to adhere to preventive measures than to deal with the problem. When detecting mycoplasma, a timely examination and treatment of the sexual partner is very important for a woman, otherwise a second infection may occur, since resistance to it is not formed.