The dangers of testing positive for Ureaplasma urealyticum should not be underestimated!

Studies have found that ureaplasma urealyticum is a virus that exists in the human urogenital system. It is mainly transmitted through sexual intercourse and is extremely harmful. From a clinical perspective, if this virus is not treated for a long time, it can easily cause non-gonococcal urethritis, acute epididymitis, prostatitis, male infertility, female infertility and other diseases.

1. Non-gonococcal urethritis: Urethritis caused by Chlamydia or Mycoplasma is called non-gonococcal urethritis, and Ureaplasma urealyticum is one of the important pathogens. The disease is more common in young people. Symptoms include urinary urgency, pain, urethral itching or difficulty urinating, and sticky secretions or crusts at the urethral opening. It is similar to gonorrhea, but milder than gonorrhea. However, it cannot be differentiated from clinical symptoms and must rely on laboratory tests.

2. Acute epididymitis: sudden pain and enlargement of the epididymis, pain radiating to the ipsilateral groin or lower abdomen, often recurrent due to urinary tract infection, can turn into a chronic process, with an obvious feeling of heaviness in the scrotum and epididymal cramps.

3. Prostatitis: Prostatitis caused by ureaplasma urealyticum infection is a non-bacterial prostatitis, which is usually acute. The typical symptoms are white drops of urine at the end of the urine, residual urine after urination, and the external opening of the urethra being stuck with secretions.

4. Male infertility: The relationship between male infertility and Ureaplasma urealyticum has attracted increasing attention. A scholar once investigated 921 cases of infertile males and cultured Ureaplasma urealyticum, of which 511 were positive, accounting for 55.48%. In the normal fertility group, of the 132 cases, 25 were positive, accounting for only 18.93%. The mechanism of Ureaplasma infection leading to male infertility has not been fully understood, but it generally includes the following aspects:

(1) Mycoplasma invades spermatogenic cells, reducing sperm production.

(2) Adsorbed on the surface of sperm, increasing the sperm deformity rate.

(3) Interfere with sperm and egg recognition and fusion,

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

5. Female infertility: Ureaplasma urealyticum in the male urogenital system can "hitch a ride" with sperm into the female reproductive tract, causing endometritis, salpingitis, oophoritis, membranitis, spontaneous abortion and intrauterine fetal death, etc., affecting fertility.