Nowadays, a rare pregnancy is without complications. Therefore, a comprehensive examination of the body before a planned pregnancy should become the norm. Ureaplasma during pregnancy has become quite common among women. For an unborn baby, such a disease carries serious risks, so it is worth taking its presence seriously. Normally, in any human body, a small number of ureaplasma bacteria live, which do no harm, but during pregnancy their number grows and is dangerous for the baby.
How to recognize such an ailment as ureaplasma during pregnancy? Her symptoms are similar to male urethritis - there are mucous discharge, pain in the lower abdomen and during urination. These phenomena are usually short-lived, and it seems that all this does not matter much, since it passed so quickly. For this reason, women often do not pay attention to these temporary inconveniences and unpleasant symptoms. But the insidious virus settles in the body and awaits a convenient case when the body weakens. During pregnancy, there is a major overhaul of the whole organism, therefore its defenses are weakening, enabling many diseases to progress. Ureaplasma is transmitted from one sexual partner to another and from mother to child during childbirth.
Ureaplasmosis gives complications to many body systems and also manifests itself in the form of problems with the genitourinary system, cystitis, meningitis, endometritis, stones in the bladder, pneumonia and other infections. Cervical erosion and endometritis are often consequences of ureaplasma.
How is ureaplasma diagnosed during pregnancy? To determine the presence of the disease, a woman is gently smeared, this method is called PCR diagnostics. Special serological tests are also used - according to a blood test, antibodies to the pathogen are detected.
Ureaplasma parvum during pregnancy can cause miscarriage, especially if it occurs during the formation of the fetus. Due to malformations in the first trimester, the disease can lead to abortion. That is why you need to consult a doctor in a timely manner and undergo all the necessary examinations. In the second and last trimester, the disease contributes to the development of hypoxia and lack of nutrients due to the occurrence of placental insufficiency. If ureaplasma is detected during pregnancy, do not interrupt it. Think about the good, because now there are various methods of treating this disease.
Depending on how the pregnancy proceeds and on its duration, ureaplasmosis is treated differently. If there is a risk of interruption, treatment should be started immediately. But if everything is more or less normal, then the treatment is postponed to a later date, after 30 weeks, so as not to burden the already intense work of the liver of a pregnant woman. Treatment will guarantee that during the passage through the birth canal the baby will not become infected by the mother. During recovery, sexual activity should be minimized and both partners should be treated.
Currently, medicine is capable of a lot, and the treatment of such a disease as ureaplasma during pregnancy does not cause special problems, the main thing is to consult a qualified doctor in time. A competent specialist will select the most harmless drugs that will help overcome the disease and expel it from the body. If you turn to a professional in time, then the pregnancy will develop further. It is impossible to engage in self-medication without the help of a doctor and passing the necessary tests, because only a specialist is able to assess the situation and make the right decision. Moreover, pregnant women need special supervision.