Patient's question:
Detailed medical condition and consultation purpose: I was infected with mycoplasma in 2003, and after being cured, it recurred in 2004, but I did not seek medical treatment at the hospital. Starting from March 2005, I began treatment for mycoplasma again. Over the course of a year, I used various medications in sequence: azithromycin for 7 days, josamycin for one and a half months, minocycline for one month, clarithromycin for 12 days, josamycin for two months, erythromycin continuously for three months, and ofloxacin vaginal effervescent tablets for three months. To date, none of these treatments have shown any effect. I would like to ask how to treat such a stubborn disease. Looking forward to your reply. Thank you!Doctor's answer:
Mycoplasma can only adhere to receptors on the surface of epithelial cells in the respiratory or urogenital tract and does not enter tissues and blood. The reasons for cell damage caused by mycoplasma are: mycoplasma adhering to the surface of host cells absorb nutrients from the cells, obtain lipids and cholesterol from the cell membrane, causing cell damage; toxic substances produced by mycoplasma metabolism, such as Mycoplasma neurolyticum, can produce neurotoxins, causing cell membrane damage; ureaplasma contains urease, which can hydrolyze urea to produce a large amount of ammonia, which is toxic to cells.