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Can ureaplasma parvum cause infertility in women? if i (male) tested positive for ureaplasma parvum in a comprehensive sti screening, but have no symptoms, do i need to tell past partners to get tested and possibly treated?
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U. parvum causes no known diseases, symptoms, or health problems -- including female infertility. It is entirely normal in the genital tract and does not need treatment. There is no need to tell past or current sex partners.
Answered 7/1/2023
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Overwhelmingly this organism can colonize the urinary and genital tract and cause no problems. Rarely it can cause problems with fertility in women. So the choice of communicating with yours
Answered 6/30/2023
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