Symptoms of mycoplasma and chlamydia infection

mycoplasma and chlamydia are mainly sexually transmitted. Of them, mycoplasma hominis, ureaplasma urealyticum, and chlamydia reachomatis are the most common species. These three species are pathogenic in humans and can cause urogenital inflammation. The infection of mycoplasma hominis, ureaplasma urealyticum, and chlamydia reachomatis will bring about female urethritis, vaginitis, cervicitis and salpingitis; they will also bring about male urethritis, prostatitis, orchitis, epididymitis and seminal vesiculitis.

1. Symptoms of male mycoplasma and chlamydia infection

Male mycoplasma and chlamydia infection is characterized by urinary tract infection. The symptoms of urinary tract infection are burning on urination, urgency of urination, frequency of urination, dysuria, chaude-pisse, mild redness and swelling of meatus urinarius, thin and less urethral discharge, serous or purulent, force is needed to squeeze the urethra to secrete, small amount of mucous secretion or crust are found around the meatus urinarius in the early morning.

The male urethritis which is caused by mycoplasma and chlamydia infectionwill bring about such prostate diseases as prostatitis, orchitis, epididymitis, seminal vesiculitis and seminal duct obstruction. And these diseases will cause male infertility. Men with prostate diseases suffer from abdominal pain, perineal pain, testicular pain, backache, sexual dysfunction. According to the test of prostatic fluid, there are too many white blood cell, the culture of mycoplasma and chlamydiais postive.

2. Symptoms of female mycoplasma and chlamydia infection

Mycoplasma hominis, ureaplasma urealyticum, and chlamydia reachomatis can invade urethra, cervix and greater vestibular glands. Most of the women with mycoplasma and chlamydia infection have no symptoms, while the critically ill women have obvious symptoms. When the urethra is infected by mycoplasma and chlamydia, the patients will have frequent and urgent urination, dysuria, redness and congestion around meatus urinarius.

When the cervix is infected, the main symptoms are vaginal discharge increased, cervical edema and congestion, or cervical erosion.

Female mycoplasma and chlamydia infection will affect the function of ovary, leading to irregular menstruation.

The infection of endometrium and pelvic cavity with mycoplasma or chlamydia will lead to endometritis, adenomyosis or endometriosis, pelvic inflammatory disease, together with such symptoms as increased amount of menstruation, prolonged or shortened menstruation, lower abdominal pain, and painful menstruation.

When the fallopian tube is infected, one side of which or both would thicken, in the shape of streak. Sometimes, cystic mass would appear, and tenderness could felt around it. The thickening of fallopian tube and cystic mass can bring about tubal blockage, leading to infertility, ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage, premature birth and still-birth, etc..


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