Today, urogenital infections are common in both outpatient and inpatient gynecological practice. What is the reason for a possible infection of the body? First of all, it should be clarified that the source of such infections is a huge number of pathogenic microorganisms that have penetrated the vital systems of the human body and lead to the development of various diseases. So, pathogenic microbes involved in the development of pyelonephritis and cystitis are E. coli, staphylococci, enterococci. The ingress of infection into the vagina and cervical canal can provoke pathogenic bacteria such as ureaplasmas, chlamydia, mycoplasmas and others.
To begin with, we will examine in more detail urogenital infections in women. They are represented by diseases such as ureaplasmosis, chlamydia, genital mycosis, bacterial vaginosis, human papillomavirus infection, trichomoniasis and genital herpes. What are these pathological processes, and what harm do they do to the female body?
So, ureaplasmosis is an infectious disease that spreads sexually, while a pathogenic microbe (ureaplasma) enters the woman’s body, which is the direct causative agent of this disease. The process of adaptation of ureaplasma in the body can last up to two weeks, at which time a woman becomes a carrier of infection and can infect her partner. At the end of the incubation period, symptoms begin to manifest, expressed by itching and burning during urination. It is also important to note that a pregnant woman with a similar infection can infect the fetus.
Chlamydia is a common disease caused by intracellular parasites called chlamydia. The disease has various forms of the course and affects not only the genitourinary system, but can also lead to the breakdown of other vital organs. The disease is difficult to diagnose, and in the absence of timely treatment entails fatal complications in the form of inflammatory processes of the fallopian tubes, uterus and ovaries.
Genital mycosis infects the mucous membranes of the genitourinary tract with a fungal infection , and such urogenital infections are poorly detected in the body. The disease becomes pronounced already in a neglected state and requires immediate treatment.
Bacterial vaginosis characterizes those urogenital infections that provoke the predominance of not lactobacilli, but pathogenic bacteria and gardnerella in the vaginal environment. The disease is accompanied by liquid vaginal discharge with an acidic odor, in addition, it is especially typical for pregnant women with weakened immunity.
Of course, there is no need to talk about the danger of human papillomavirus infections, since such urogenital infections (some of them) are the precursors of precancerous pathologies of the genitals and provoke squamous cell carcinoma in women and men.
If we talk about the male body, it should be noted that chlamydial urogenital infections in men last up to several months and cause inflammation of the urethra. The bad thing is that in most cases the characteristic signs of the pathology are detected already in the later stages of the disease and depend on the nature of its course. So, along with urethritis with various frequencies, prostatitis, orchoepididymitis, vesiculitis, funiculitis can be diagnosed. It should also be clarified that chlamydial urogenital infections transmitted by men do not develop immunity stability, therefore, similar diseases can recur.
One thing is clear: urogenital infections in both men and women require early diagnosis and timely treatment.