What are the symptoms of urethritis and what should we pay attention to in our daily life?

Urethritis is a common symptom in our daily life. Everyone has more or less knowledge about the symptoms of urethritis. Urethritis is a contact-transmitted disease. Most of the causes of urethritis are due to lack of attention to personal hygiene. What are the symptoms of urethritis? Anyone who has had urethritis knows that it brings great trouble to life. It not only affects work and study, but may also leave a bad impression on others.

According to the etiological causes of urethritis, we can divide urethritis into many types. Medically, it can be divided into nonspecific urethritis and gonococcal urethritis. So what are the symptoms of urethritis of different causes ? In fact, the general symptoms are similar. Let us take a closer look.

Urethritis is a common disease. The causes of urethritis include: ① urethral injury: abrasions of the urethral mucosa caused by urethral instrument examination can destroy the defense function of the urethral mucosa and lead to bacterial infection, ② foreign bodies in the urethra: foreign bodies inserted from the outside or stones in the urethra, etc., can cause urethral infection if they stay there for a long time, ③ urethral obstruction: such as stenosis of the foreskin opening, stenosis of the external urethral opening, urethral stenosis, posterior urethral valve, urethral tumor, female hymen umbrella, fusion of hymen at the urethral opening, etc., due to poor urination, urine accumulates in the urethra, which can cause secondary urethral infection, ④ inflammation of adjacent organs, such as prostatitis, seminal vesiculitis, vaginitis or cervicitis, which can spread to the urethra, which is often a stubborn lesion of chronic posterior urethritis, ⑤ often related to sexual life, unclean sexual life can easily cause urethral infection.

Main symptoms :

1. The main symptom of acute urethritis in male patients is a lot of urethral secretions, which are mucous at first and gradually become purulent. Urethral secretions are rare in female patients.

2. Burning pain in the urethra, frequent urination, urgency, and even difficulty urinating during urination.

3. In chronic urethritis, urethral secretions decrease, with only itching or a crawling sensation. The irritation of urination is not as obvious as in the acute phase, and some patients may be asymptomatic.

The symptoms of urethritis have been introduced above. For ordinary people, they should pay attention to personal hygiene, wash underwear and socks separately, expose clothes and pants to the sun frequently, and pay attention to disinfection, so as to prevent the occurrence of urethritis. For pregnant women, urethritis may cause miscarriage, so they should pay more attention to personal hygiene.