Use A Condom Or Suffer From NonGonococcal Urethritis

By Elizabeth Campbell in Health on April 8th, 2008

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by Elizabeth Campbell

STDs are generally transferred by touching the infected skin, regardless if condoms are used. Why so, because the bacteria and viral germs that causes STD is not localized to a specific part of the body. Some of these STDs are papilloma, Chlamydia, herpes and syphilis. For both men and women, any part of the genital area can be a target of these pathogens.

NonGonococcal urethritis is an infection of the urethra, caused by different agents from those, which cause gonorrhea. This infection is caused most of the times by the microbe called Chlamydia. It is more frequent in the case of men, because a woman’s urethra is rarely infected during an intercourse. Men between 15 and 30, who in general have more sex partners, are prone to the risk to contact the disease. Most of the times, the disease occurs because of unprotected sex.

The disease hardly ever happens due to other causes. The infected person may experience some symptoms such as a feeling of burning and extreme discomfort while urinating. Sometimes a small leakage comes from the urethra. The indications typically appear within 1 to 5 weeks from the first exposure. However, some people do not develop any symptom at all.

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.

On March 2004 and March 2005 the Australian researchers in Melbourne conducted a study wherein men previously infected with nongonococcal urethritis participated in. Additionally 307 volunteers who had no symptoms also participated. They all answered a questionnaire regarding their sexual activities and samples of urine were taken to be tested for pathogens that cause the disease.

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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