Mycoplasma and pregnancy

Mycoplasma and pregnancy are a serious issue in modern obstetrics. For a long time, discussions have been held about mycoplasmal urogenital infection , and doctors can not come to a consensus.

The thing is that mycoplasmal infection in a non-pregnant woman can not cause any clinical manifestations, however, if a woman is pregnant, mycoplasma can cause great damage to the fetus.

Mycoplasma and pregnancy are a very dangerous combination that leads to infection of the fetus. A woman who is a carrier of mycoplasma, is the source of infection. Mycoplasma penetrates the ascending way to the fetus, gets into the amniotic fluid and infects the baby. As a result, in the early stages of reproduction, mycoplasmal infection multiplies not only in the genital area of a woman, but also in the amniotic fluid.

As a result, about 50% of newborn girls are carriers of mycoplasma infection. However, this does not mean that all these girls will have clinical manifestations of the disease.

Mycoplasma and pregnancy are a frequent combination of infection and physiological process, and this infection can not always go on clinically. A person can only be a latent bacterium carrier for a long time. Infection can be activated with a decrease in the immunity of women and children, with immunodeficiency state or against another disease.

Urogenital mycoplasma during pregnancy is most often the cause of congenital malformations in a child. The most common manifestation of mycoplasmal infection in a child is low weight, delayed development, asphyxia and hypoxia. It is often enough to find the manifestation of mycoplasmal pneumonia in newborn babies. This is a serious disease, which is accompanied by fever, cough and respiratory failure, sometimes leading to asphyxia.

The accumulation of bacteria in the mucous membranes and natural fluids leads to the formation of inflammatory reactions - conjunctivitis, meningitis, stomatitis. There are cases of the formation of cysts in the brain against the background of mycoplasmal infection. These cysts can increase in size and manifest neurological symptoms.

Mycoplasma during pregnancy leads in the first trimester to abnormal laying of organs and fetal systems. Some scientists believe that mycoplasma is absolutely non-pathogenic during pregnancy, and the pathological conditions of the fetus are caused by other causes.

But nevertheless, it is impossible to exclude the role of mycoplasma in the developmental disorders of the fetus. After all, in many cases, in addition to this microorganism, a woman does not have other pathologies.

Mycoplasma causes nonspecific inflammation in the small pelvis. Secondary bacterial flora can then be attached, and then an extensive inflammatory reaction occurs. This process depletes not only the mother, but also the fetus. After all, the body is struggling with infection, and the construction of organs and tissues of the child energy is much less, which means that the life support systems of the fetus may be misplaced.

Mycoplasma in pregnant women can have an asymptomatic course and will show up only with specific diagnosis. However, the carriage of the microbe does not exclude the occurrence of disorders in the fetus.

A woman can become infected both before and after pregnancy. You can get infected with sexual contact, with gynecological manipulation and household way (common towels, shaving machines and toothbrushes).

In a woman, mycoplasma and pregnancy can be accompanied by itching and burning in the genitals, specific secretions from the vagina. Urination becomes more frequent, a woman becomes nervous and irritable. However, these symptoms go to the background in comparison with the pathology of the fetus.