Name of urogenital trichomoniasis suggest, that in this disease affects mainly the urinary tract and genitals.
Indeed trichomoniasis other sites practically does not occur. (Describes a single case of pneumonia caused by Trichomonas vaginalis in a patient with immunodeficiency). Vaginal Trichomonas can live only in the urogenital tract. (In the mouth and intestines may inhabit other trichomonads, whose role in human pathology is not found out until the end).
In women with urogenital trichomoniasis affects the vagina, cancer vestibule, vaginal portion of the cervix, urethra. Mobile Trichomonas sometimes penetrate through the cervical canal into the uterus. At the same time they are entered into the uterus and fallopian tubes of pathogenic bacteria, provoking an inflammation of pelvic organs.
In men with urogenital trichomoniasis most often affects the urethra. Many cases of non-gonococcal urethritis in men associated with Trichomonas.
Non-gonococcal urethritis and chlamydia cause and Ureaplasma. In the pathologic process may involve an appendage of the testis and prostate. Trichomonas can be one of the reasons prostatitis and epididymitis (inflammation of the epididymis).
