What happens if Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma isn't treated?

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Without treatment, the infection can spread to other parts of the body causing damage and long-term health problems, including infertility.  Upper genital tract infection in women can be caused by M.genitalium  by attachment to human spermatozoa.   

In women, Mycoplasma can cause urethritis, cervicitis and pelvic inflammatory disease. This can lead to:

• Ectopic pregnancy (when a pregnancy develops outside the womb, usually in the fallopian tube)
• Blocked fallopian tubes (the tubes that carry the egg from ovary to womb) - causing infetrtility
• Long-term pelvic pain
  

In men, Mycoplasma can lead to  painful infection in the testicles, persistent urethritis and possibly reduced fertility. 
 

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