How to treat male genital mycoplasma infection?

Mycoplasma is the smallest microorganism in medicine. It lives outside cells. Although it is in such a small position, once infected, it may cause serious diseases. In life, male friends' genitals may be infected with mycoplasma, which may affect their sexual life. So, what method should be used to treat male genital mycoplasma infection?

treatment

Early use of appropriate antibacterial drugs can alleviate symptoms and shorten the course of the disease. The disease is self-limiting, and most cases can heal without treatment. Macrolide antibiotics are the first choice, such as erythromycin, roxithromycin and azithromycin. Fluoroquinolones such as levofloxacin, gatifloxacin and moxifloxacin, and tetracyclines are also used to treat Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia. The course of treatment is generally 2 to 3 weeks. Because Mycoplasma pneumoniae has no cell wall, antibacterial drugs such as penicillin or cephalosporins are ineffective. For those with severe coughing, antitussive drugs should be given appropriately. If secondary bacterial infection occurs, targeted antibacterial drugs can be selected for treatment based on sputum etiology examination.

The disease is self-limiting and most cases can heal themselves without treatment. The use of appropriate antibacterial drugs can alleviate symptoms and shorten the course of the disease.

Erythromycin is the first choice for treatment, and tetracycline antibiotics can also be used. Early use of appropriate antibiotics can alleviate symptoms and shorten the course of the disease to 7 to 10 days.

Clinical manifestations

1. Urogenital tract infection

Urogenital tract infection: The incubation period is 1 to 3 weeks. The typical acute symptoms are similar to other non-gonococcal genitourinary tract infections, manifested as urethral stinging, varying degrees of urinary urgency and frequency, stinging during urination, especially when the urine is more concentrated, mild redness and swelling of the urethral opening, thin and small secretions, which are serous or purulent. It is often necessary to squeeze the urethra to see the secretions overflow. There is often a small amount of mucous secretion or only a crust membrane sealing the urethral opening in the morning, or dirty trousers. The subacute stage is often accompanied by prostate infection. Patients often experience perineal swelling, back pain, discomfort in the inner thighs, or stinging from the perineum to the inner thighs when doing anal lifting movements.

Female patients often have reproductive system inflammation that spreads from the cervix. Most of them have no obvious subjective symptoms, and a few severe patients have a feeling of vaginal prolapse. When the infection spreads to the urethra, frequent urination and urgency are the main symptoms that attract the patient's attention. When the infection is confined to the cervix, it manifests as increased and turbid vaginal discharge, cervical edema, congestion or surface erosion. When the infection spreads to the urethra, it manifests as flushing and congestion of the urethral orifice. A small amount of secretions may overflow when the urethra is squeezed, but tenderness rarely occurs.

2. Respiratory tract infection

The onset is slow, with an incubation period of 2 to 3 weeks. At the beginning of the disease, there is general discomfort, fatigue, and headache. Fever appears 2 to 3 days later and the body temperature often reaches around 39°C, which can last for 1 to 3 weeks and may be accompanied by sore throat and muscle aches.

Cough is the prominent symptom of this disease, which usually starts 2 to 3 days after the onset of the disease. It is a dry cough at first, and then turns into a stubborn and severe cough, often with thick sputum and occasionally blood. In a few cases, it may be similar to whooping cough. It can last for 1 to 4 weeks. Most lung signs are not obvious, or even absent. Dry and wet rales can be heard in a few cases. But most of them disappear, so the signs are inconsistent with clinical manifestations such as severe cough and fever, which is one of the characteristics of this disease. Infants and young children have an acute onset, a long course of illness, and a more serious condition. They are manifested by dyspnea, wheezing, and wheezing, and there are more lung rales than older children. Some children may suffer from extrapulmonary manifestations such as hemolytic anemia, meningitis, myocarditis, and Green-Barry syndrome.