Practice Safe Sex And Say Goodbye To NonGonococcal Urethritis
Elizabeth Campbell
STDs are commonly transmitted by direct contact with an infected area of the skin, even if you are using condoms. This happens because STD-causing bacteria and viral germs affect not just one part of the body. This is true for infections such as papilloma, Chlamydia, herpes and syphilis. They can infect any part of the genital area, which is true for both men and women.
The urethra can be infected by same type of pathogens that cause gonorrhoea. This infection is called NonGonococcal urethritis, generally caused by a microbe called Chlamydia. This disease is more common in men than women because women's urethra rarely gets infected during an intercourse.
It rarely occurs out of other causes. The symptoms associated to this disease involve burning sensations and smarting while urinating and sometimes a slight and usually clean leakage from the urethra. Symptoms emerge usually in 1 to 5 weeks since the infection and some people never develop obvious symptoms.
A person can spread the disease from the moment of the infection until the moment of cure. After cure, the disease can occur again. If it is not treated, nongonococcal urethritis can lead to testicles inflammation and prostate infection. You can take into consideration that the use of condoms, washing your genital area after an intercourse or less partners are the best measures taken in order to avoid this affection. To continue, according to a study published in the magazine Journal of Infectious Diseases by Australian researchers of the Sexual health Center in Melbourne, oral sex favors the occurrence of nongonococcal urethritis, this disease that can affect both men and women. It can lead to inflammatory pelvic diseases, infertility, and chronic pelvic pain. In about half of the cases, the cause of nongonococcal urethritis cause cannot be determined.
However, it is considered that in 30 - 50% of the cases the Chlamydia microorganism leads to this disease and in 10-20% of the cases, the triggering microorganism is mycoplasma genitalium. This disease can be treated with antibiotics and the results are satisfactory in general.
In the study conducted by researchers in Melbourne between March 2004 and March 2005 329 men took part. They were affected by nongonococcal urtethritis and there were another 307 volunteers, who were not developing any symptoms. They had to fill in questionnaires about their sexual habits and the urine samples were tested for pathogen agents the most frequently involved in urethritis.
It was observed that Chlamydia infections were most prevalent for both homosexual and heterosexual men (22% for homosexuals and 15% for heterosexuals) and presented more cases than the controlled group. Individuals indulging in unprotected vaginal and oral sex were found to be prone to contracting Chlamydia and Mycoplasma genitalium infections. For this reason do not throw all caution to the wind when in love. Take all the necessary precautions before doing the sex act as this will save you or your partner from spreading or contracting the disease.
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