Nongonococcal urethritis is a common urinary tract infectious diseases in andrology clinics. If you despise the harm of urethritis to men's health, you are wrong. Letting go or delaying treatment can cause other male inflammation such as prostatitis, epididymitis, and seminal vesiculitis. The pathogenic bacteria of non gonococcal urethritis can also affect sperm motility, causing sexual dysfunction, over time affecting male fertility, and even causing male infertility.
Why can urethritis affect fertility?
Male urethritis is different from female vaginitis in terms of the behavior that causes the disease. Male urethritis is basically caused by sexual behavior. Therefore, urethritis is also a sexually transmitted disease. Its pathogens include bacteria, chlamydia, mycoplasma, trichomonas, and herpes simplex virus.
"Non gonococcal urethritis in men is characterized by discomfort, itching, burning sensation, or stinging pain in the urethra, redness and swelling of the urethra, and serous and thin urinary secretions. There is a" living "phenomenon in the morning.".
In infertile couples, especially those with so-called unexplained infertility, the proportion of pathogens such as chlamydia and mycoplasma in male semen is significantly higher than that of normal people, so it can be considered that these pathogens are one of the factors leading to infertility.
Urethral stricture and ejaculatory dysfunction caused by urethritis can directly affect the epithelium of the urethra, forming scars in the affected area. "When this condition is severe, it can cause urethral stricture, causing difficulty in urination, and can also cause obstacles to ejaculation.".
Infections in adjacent organs of the urethra, such as epididymitis, can cause obstruction that prevents sperm from being transported out of the testis. "If prostatitis occurs, there may be a large number of white blood cells in the semen, which can lead to infertility.".
Inducing the production of antisperm antibodies such as chlamydia and mycoplasma can induce the production of antibodies in the human body, and these antibodies may induce the production of antisperm antibodies in the human body, leading to infertility.
Direct effect on sperm Mycoplasma is a very small organism that can adsorb in the middle of sperm and affect sperm motility.
Chaoyang Health Tips
To prevent male non gonococcal urethritis, the first step is to clean up and avoid unclean sex. If you find corresponding symptoms, you should immediately go to the hospital for targeted treatment. This disease can be cured.