Mycoplasmosis IgA

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The test relates to the serological diagnosis of genital infections. The test material is blood, in which antibodies to the pathogen are detected. Antibodies are components of the body's immune system that are produced to destroy a particular foreign protein-antigen. In this case, the antigen is Mycoplasma (Mycoplasma hominis). There are several types of antibodies: IgA, IgD, IgE, IgG and IgM. However, the immune system cannot always cope with mycoplasmas, even with very high concentrations of antibodies.

IgA is present in large quantities in mucous membranes, the area of the body's very first contact with environmental microbes. IgA antibodies are the first to be produced in response to the introduction of a microorganism. Therefore, the detection of IgA to mycoplasma indicates early infection with mycoplasmosis.

Mycoplasmosis is a chronic infectious disease caused by specific microorganisms – mycoplasmas, with a predominant lesion of the genitourinary system. Mycoplasmas are divided into conditionally pathogenic (which can cause disease only when immunity is weakened) and pathogenic, whose specific features allow them to harm the human body without concomitant favorable conditions for them. Pathogens are transmitted only sexually and during the passage of the child through the infected birth canal of the mother.

Clinical manifestations of mycoplasmosis:
- Possible clear, white or yellowish discharge from the external opening of the urethra;
- Burning sensation during urination;
- Unpleasant sensations during sexual contact (dyspareunia);
- Redness and itching at the external opening of the urethra;

In complicated mycoplasmosis:
- In men, pain in the scrotum, as well as in the rectum;
- In women, painful sensations in the rectum, perineum, lower back, pulling pains in the lower abdomen;
- Intermenstrual bleeding of an ointmental nature;
- Small rashes in the genital area;

This symptomatology is due to the spread of infection by ascending pathway with the lesion, both in men and women of any pelvic organs. The most serious complication is male and female infertility.