Ureaplasmosis

Ureaplasmosis is characterized with urinary tract inflammation and is caused by ureaplasmas – microorgamisms by size similar to large viruses and at the same time similar to bacteria.

Some scientists consider it a transition stage from virus to bacteria.

Ureaplasmas are opportunistic pathogens, which means they may cause the disease in particular circumstances, but normally they live on mucosa of genitals and urinary tract of a human and he experiences no symptoms at all.

Ways of transmission
Transmission of infection occurs via sexual intercourse, however, is possible transplacental infection from infected mother, and besides this, microbes may get into baby genitalia during birth and live there all his life in dormant state. Community-acquired infection is impossible. 70% people who have ureaplasmas in their body do not experience any specific sensation. Some people experience unpleasant sensations periodically – sometimes they appear and sometimes they disappear.

However, deficiency of symptoms does not mean that ureaplasmas has no harmful effects on the body. Only 10% women normally have ureaplasmas in their vagina which does not require treatment. In other cases ureaplasmosis is risk factor, and sometimes it causes severe pathology of female genitalia, pregnancy troubles and birth complications.

Ureaplasmas are found on genitalia in each third newborn girl. In boys ureaplasmas are found much rarely due to genitalia anatomy – boys genitalia are protected during passage through birth canal of mother. Frequently children infected with ureaplasmas during birth get self-recovered after some time. Most often this occurs in boys.

In people who are active sexually, the incidence of ureaplasmosis is higher which is connected with infecting during sexual intercourses. 50% of women are carriers of ureaplasmas. Among men the ratio is much lower.