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alternative treatments for mycoplasma genitalium
A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. James Stahl answered
28 years experience Internal Medicine
M genitalium: This is a very small bacteria associated with urethral symptoms. It is a kind of sexually transmitted disease. It is treatable with a wide range of a ... Read More
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Dr. Carolyn Thompson answered
27 years experience Obstetrics and Gynecology
Possibly: This bacterium is found in the genital tracts of women and men and can cause pain with urination and pain with intercourse. It is a suspected cause o ... Read More
A 35-year-old male asked:
Dr. Saul Hymes answered
14 years experience Pediatric Infectious Disease
Azithromycin: Mycoplasma genitalium is a common genital infection, a cause of non-gonococcal urethritis. It is easily treated with a 5-day course of azithromycin. S ... Read More
A 26-year-old member asked:
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge answered
40 years experience Internal Medicine
Infinitessimal: The PCR urine test for mycoplasma infection is quite sensitive. If your test is consistently negative, then you do not have this infection.
A 29-year-old male asked:
Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered
52 years experience Infectious Disease
Neutral: It means the result was indeterminate, cannot tell whether or not M. genitalium is present. It doesn't lean one way or the other -- it's as if you had ... Read More
A 35-year-old male asked:
Dr. Henry Jacobs answered
65 years experience Obstetrics and Gynecology
Perhaps: taking an entire z pak (azithromycin) at once is used to treat some forms of infection. not easy on the stomach. the only way to tell is reculture a ... Read More
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A 42-year-old male asked:
Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered
52 years experience Infectious Disease
Nope: M genitalium is not carried in the oral cavity. Therefore, oral sex isn't a risk; MG is transmitted only by vaginal or anal sex.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ziad Akl answered
30 years experience Infectious Disease
STD: It is a sexually transmitted disease, just like chlamydia.
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A 26-year-old member asked:
Dr. Harold Mandel answered
39 years experience General Practice
Ok range: The standard doses of Clarithromycin for adults are 250-500 mg orally every 12 hours for 7-14 days or Extended release: 1,000 mg orally once daily for ... Read More
A 22-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jeff Livingston answered
21 years experience Obstetrics and Gynecology
Avoid sex: If your partner has been diagnosed with mycoplasma genitalium then you should also be tested and sex should be avoided until a retest has been done co ... Read More
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