Jamaicans are again being urged to protect themselves during sexual intercourse as DNA samples collected from medical labs across the island are showing a new sexually transmitted infection (STI) circulating locally.
Compton Beecher, who is the chief DNA analyst at the Caribbean Genetics (CARIGEN), has found that a number of Jamaican men and women have unknowingly contracted Mycoplasma genitalium, which often does not show any symptoms until later in life.
If left untreated, this STI can cause pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility, pain during sex, burning sensations while urinating and reoccurring infections.
“The frightening thing is that we are seeing so much of it and it is something that we don’t normally look for,” said Beecher, who has been a forensic scientist for more than 20 years.
Frightening Discovery
CARIGEN is owned by the University of the West Indies. It processes samples collected from a number of medical facilities across the island and is one of the few – if not the only one – private facilities in the region with the technology to do DNA testing.
It was while checking these samples for other STIs, such as gonorrhoea and chlamydia, that the centre detected Mycoplasma genitalium.
“Even for persons who don’t show any symptoms now, later on is when you feel it; when it comes to not being able to have a child; when it comes to pelvic inflammatory disease in the case of the women; when it comes to infections in the case of the men,” he said.
“It’s kind of frightening, to be honest with you. We tend not to think about these things. I mean, you get into something, then after a while you are comfortable and you throw off the condom and whatever protection you might be using and you think that everything is okay; it is not,” insisted the forensic scientist.
Chairperson of the National Family Planning Board (NFPB), Dr Sandra Knight, admits that Mycoplasma genitalium has not been a focus for her organisation which has responsibility for
the country’s HIV/STI control programme.
“We have not focused on it because the diagnostic tests are costly, and in the Jamaican public health system, it is not done. Nevertheless, any institution in the country that collects data like that, it is of extreme value, because you usually see Mycoplasma when you have a significant interaction via anal sex.
“Now, we are not talking about same sex anal sex only, we are talking about anal sex between man and woman also,” said Dr Knight.
Protect Yourself
What is Mycoplasma genitalium?
– This is a sexually transmissible infection caused by bacteria. Both men and women can become infected.
– In men, Mycoplasma can infect the inside lining of the penis (urethra).
– In women, Mycoplasma can infect the neck of the womb (cervix) and possibly the womb (uterus) itself and fallopian tubes.
– There is no evidence it can infect the throat of women or men.
How Is It Transmitted?
Mycoplasma can be passed from one person to another during vaginal sexual intercourse or foreplay (genital touching or rubbing).
Are There Any Symptoms?
Men might notice
– Discharge from the penis
– Burning pain or irritation when urinating
Women Might Notice
– Unusual vaginal discharge
– Pain during sex
– Bleeding after sex and between periods
– Lower pelvic pain
Some women and men may have NO symptoms.
How Is It Treated?
Mycoplasma should be treated with antibiotics. The antibiotics may be a single dose or a longer course. Repeat courses of treatment may be necessary.
It is important that you avoid sex for seven days after starting treatment. This is to prevent you infecting others or them reinfecting you.
When Can I Have Unprotected Sex Again?
– A negative test after 1 month indicates you have cleared the infection. Avoid unprotected sex until your repeat test is negative.
– Until this second test is negative, use condoms 100% of the time, or don’t have sex at all.
– If the repeat test is positive again, you will need more treatment.
– However, use condoms with all new and casual partners or you can be reinfected with Mycoplasma.
Smaddy frm farrin bring it go jamaica … Or smaddy go farrin and bring it back to jamaica
morning they are doing a lot of nastiness in Jamaica now also so anything a anything
I don’t know how you arrive at this conclusion. Did you even read the article? The STD is a bacteria and that so happens to be transmitted by sexual intercourse. From reading the article, it appears to be prevalent among those individuals who engage in anal sex (MSM and MSW). When people start messing in “shit”, anything is possible. Doesn’t women get a urinary infection if they are not careful in wiping their a** (front to back, as oppose to back to front) or taking bath in a tub (not shower)?
BTW, this is the first time I have ever heard of this form of STD and it doesn’t appear to me one of the STD they test for in the US. So maybe, Jamaica is ground zero and not “farrin”.
HONESTLY, DONT BE SO DAMN IGNORANT, YOU STUPID FOOL. DID YOU READ THE INFORMATION GIVEN TO YOU OR YOU JUST ASSUMED WITH YOUR LACK OF BRAIN POWER??? WHY DOES IT HAS TO BE SOMEONE FROM A FOREIGN LAND BROUGHT IT OUT THERE? ARE FOREIGNERS THE ONLY PEOPLE DOING ANAL SEX? USE YOUR BRAIN, I THINK GOD GAVE YOU ONE!
Mycoplasma genitalium
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mycoplasma genitalium is a small pathogenic bacterium that lives on the ciliated epithelial cells of the urinary and genital tracts in humans. Its existence was first reported in 1981,[2] and was eventually identified as new species of Mycoplasma in 1983.[1] It is a sexually transmitted pathogen which can cause significant morbidity in men and women, and is a co-factor in HIV transmission.[3] Specifically, it causes urethritis (inflammation of the urinary tract) both in men and women, and also cervicitis (inflammation of cervix) and pelvic inflammation in women. Its complete genome sequence was published in 1995.[4] Up until 2003, when a new species of Archaea Nanoarchaeum equitans had its genome sequenced, it was regarded as a cellular unit with the smallest genome.
The synthetic genome of M. genitalium named Mycoplasma genitalium JCVI-1.0 (after the research centre, J. Craig Venter Institute, where it was synthesised) was produced in 2008, becoming the first organism with synthetic genome. In 2014, researchers at The Scripps Research Institute discovered a new protein called Protein M from M. genitalium.[5]
Infection by M. genitalium seems fairly common, can be transmitted between partners during unprotected sexual intercourse, and can be treated with antibiotic.
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History[edit]
Mycoplasma genitalium was originally isolated in 1980 from urethral specimens of two male patients suffering from non-gonococcal urethritis in the genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinic at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, London
Dats what messing in battyhole cause, both men and women battyhole, anal sex is plain nastiness
Yes MET,Good SUNDAY MORNING TO YOU. there is NASTINESS IS ON THE UP RISE IN JA. AND SOME INFECTION left untreated due to no symtoms TURN TO OTHER THINGS