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What are the symptoms of mycoplasma in men?

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Asked on:Mar 30, 2026 03:41 AM

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  • Ingrid Ingrid

    Mar 30, 2026

    Chlamydia infection is a unique type of non-gonococcal urethritis. If the patient does not receive reasonable and effective treatment in time, it is likely to have an impact on pregnancy. Therefore, chlamydia infection should be detected early and treated early. You can choose a reliable hospital for accurate examination and reasonable treatment, and it can be cured. So what are the symptoms of chlamydia in men?

    The clinical symptoms of chlamydial infection in men include dry cough or even strong cough, coughing up phlegm, fever, headache, difficulty breathing, swelling and pain in the private parts, backache, discomfort on the sides of the thighs, secretion of a small amount of viscous fluid in the urethra, frequent urination, burning urine, itching of the urethra, redness and swelling of the urethral orifice, etc.

    Men infected with chlamydia will spread through sexual intercourse, so they must be treated in time, otherwise the harm will be great, which may lead to secondary prostatitis, orchitis, sexual dysfunction, impotence, and even infertility.

    Chlamydial infection is more common in male patients. Generally, symptoms such as mycoplasma pneumonia and chlamydial urethritis may occur after infection. Symptoms such as fever, chest pain, cough, cough with phlegm, frequent urination and urgency, inability to hold back urination, and painful urination may occur. It requires proactive treatment and prevention. It is recommended that patients go to the hospital for medical treatment and carry out corresponding examinations under the guidance of a doctor to confirm the diagnosis.

    Typical symptoms of chlamydial infection in men are inability to hold urine, frequent urination and urgency, and painful urination, accompanied by redness and swelling of the urethral orifice and a small amount of mucus secretion. Chlamydia infection in men is easily confused with gonorrhea. Chlamydia infection in men generally has less severe symptoms than gonorrhea. The discharge from the urethra is milky white, while gonorrhea has a lot of light yellow purulent secretions.

    However, some male patients have atypical symptoms, even no symptoms, or symptoms similar to those of general urethritis or gonococcal urethritis. For diagnosis, mycoplasma testing should be carried out.

    There are many types of chlamydia, among which mycoplasma pneumonia is very likely to cause pneumonia. Ureaplasma urealyticum and genital chlamydia can cause urinary tract infections. Pneumonia caused by chlamydial infection usually presents symptoms such as cough, cough with phlegm, general fatigue, headache, muscle pain, repeated fever, cough with mucus containing blood, etc. Inflammation of the genitourinary system caused by chlamydial infection can cause symptoms such as frequent urination, urgency, inability to hold urine, and urethral discharge.