What is the reason of urethritis?

Update Date: 2025-09-23 Source: Network

summary

Urethritis is a common disease, more common in women, clinically divided into acute and chronic, non-specific urethritis and gonococcal urethritis, the latter two clinical manifestations are similar, must be differentiated according to the history and bacteriological examination. This section focuses on nonspecific urethritis. The main pathogenic bacteria of nonspecific urethritis are Escherichia coli, Streptococcus and Staphylococcus, often with mixed infection. What is the cause of urethritis?

What is the reason of urethritis?

Urethral injury: urethral mucosal abrasion caused by urethral instrument examination can damage the defensive function of urethral mucosa and lead to bacterial infection

Foreign body in urethra: foreign body or stone in urethra put in from outside, pause for a long time can cause urethral infection

Urethral obstruction: such as prepuce orifice stenosis, external urethral orifice stenosis, urethral stricture, posterior urethral valve, urethral tumor, female hymen umbrella, urethral orifice hymen fusion, etc

matters needing attention

In life can develop good habits, usually drink more water, don't hold urine and so on, appear disease early treatment, such words can not only effectively prevent urethritis, for the prevention of other diseases are very helpful.