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Features symptoms and treatment of Ureaplasma parvum men

The Ureaplasma parvum and urealyticum is the microorganism that causes a disease called "anaplasmosis". It is intracellular parasite that has similarities with the bacteria and virus. The microorganism affects the epithelial covering of the urinary tract, causing urethritis, cystitis, pyelonephritis. Ureaplasma in men affects the prostate, causing prostatitis, orchitis is a frequent causes of male infertility.

The very infection with this parasite does not appear, the disease can occur in acute and chronic forms, causing serious consequences of infertility. So it's important to see a doctor for diagnosis.

Let us consider what ways of infection, symptoms and methods of treatment of the disease need to know men.

How is

Ureaplasma parvum and urealyticum falls into the male body through sexual contact. The peculiarity of the agent is that it can many years to be asymptomatic in humans. The result causes severe consequences such as infertility. With the weakening of immunity, the parasites begin to multiply rapidly in the genitourinary tract, causing inflammation. Even in asymptomatic carriers of the pathogen is very contagious and is transmitted to sexual partners. Often it is found accidentally.

For example, a woman before pregnancy planning is examined, takes on the analysis of the PAP test, which detects Ureaplasma. So it turns out that her sick husband. Often men just don't pay attention to symptoms of illness and not go to the doctor. If a person had one ureaplasmosis, antibodies are not formed. This is the reason that to be infected by the pathogen can repeatedly. Most often Ureaplasma parvum and other infections detected in men, as the effects of active and promiscuous. The most infected age range from 14 to 32 years.

How to detect

After unprotected sexual intercourse the incubation period ranges from several days to five weeks. During this period, the infection in the body already, but no symptoms. Person is a carrier of Ureaplasma parvum and infect sexual partners. Often deployed clinical symptoms may not appear, then the man becomes a carrier of the pathogen without knowing it.

Symptoms of the presence of Ureaplasma parvum in the male body:

  1. Clear discharge from the genital tract.
  2. Burning sensation and itching during urination.
  3. Pain or discomfort in the crotch area.
  4. Possible increase in body temperature.

If these symptoms of male do not pay attention, did not treated, then this is a good reason for the transition disease into a chronicform. With the weakening of immunity, the pathogen multiplies and spreads in the genitourinary system. This is a common causes of urethritis, and in lesions of the parenchyma of the prostate appears prostate. The pathogen can infect seminal vesicles, testicles, causing the man becomes infertile.

So you need time to seek help from a specialist who knows how to treat Ureaplasma in men. In the clinic, conduct the inspection and collect anamnesis and conduct:

  1. Mikrobiologicheskoe study.
  2. Serology.
  3. PCR-reaction.
  4. ELISA and immunofluorescence analysis.

If the analysis on a Ureaplasma in men have identified the causative agent, it is a good reason to suspect infection is also a sexual partner. Therefore need to be treated simultaneously for both.

Therapy

Treatment of Ureaplasma parvum must be under the supervision of a physician. Therapy for both partners or anyone who comes in contact with. During treatment sex possible!

For exposure to the causative agent is a scheme of treatment with antibiotics, which should be taken within two weeks. Used antibacterial drugs of the following groups:

  1. Tetracyclines.
  2. Macrolides.
  3. Lincosamine.

Drugs of these groups, Doxycycline, Tetracycline, Erythromycin and others. The scheme of antibiotic treatment determined by the doctor depending on the sensitivity of the causative agent, its quantity and General health of the patient.

An important point in the treatment of Ureaplasma parvum and urealyticum is to strengthen the immune system. The body's defenses, by themselves, cannot cope with the pathogen, but help with the help of drugs to overcome pathogen. For improving immunity using the medications called "immunomodulators". These include Timalin, T-activin, De-Karis, Tequity, Methyluracil, Lysozyme. Also a good stimulating effect on the immune system have extract of Eleutherococcus, Pantocrinum.

Should stick to the diet. You cannot eat fatty, fried food, pickles, smoked meat. We need to abandon all kinds of condiments and sauces. Excludes alcohol. It is recommended to include in the menu dairy products. To improve gastrointestinal tract and liver after a course of antibiotics recommended beneficial bacteria (bifidobacteria and laktobakterin), hepatoprotectors. You should drink a course of vitamins.

Treatment of Ureaplasma in men should be under control and the doctor. If you interrupted a self-administered course, resume it is forbidden. It is impossible to ignore such effects of treatment, as an adaptation of a Ureaplasma to antibiotics. Need to refer back to the doctor and to hand overtests.