Female urethral anatomy and physiology

Some female friends may have experienced redness and swelling of the urethral opening. When the urethral opening is red and swollen, it is easy to cause gynecological inflammation, which will also cause certain difficulties for women's urination, and in some cases it will be accompanied by urethral pain. Women should understand the anatomy and physiology of the female urethra so that they can effectively avoid the occurrence of some diseases. What causes swelling of the female urethra?

1. What is the reason for swelling of the female urethra?

First, what is the reason for the swelling of the female urethral opening? There are quite a few female patients suffering from urethritis. This is mainly caused by the structure of the female urinary system. The female sexual organs are embedded, and the urethral opening is above the sexual organs. Unlike men, the female urethral opening is only 3 cm, so once the urethral opening is infected, it will seriously affect the entire urethral system of women. Therefore, the reactions of women with urethritis are generally acute, and they may also experience urethral pain, redness, swelling and inflammation of the urethral orifice, difficulty urinating, and incomplete urination.

Second, women are more likely to get urethritis, especially because the urethra and vagina of women are close to each other. Once infected, it will affect the normal operation of the vagina. Generally, there will be pain when urinating, a hot and burning sensation at the urethra, and the urge to urinate will continue to occur frequently and cannot be controlled automatically. When women suffer from urethritis, the internal balance of the urethral system will be destroyed. The patient will have symptoms such as yellow urine, frequent urination, urgency and pain when urinating, which will affect women's physical and mental health. It will also cause women's sexual desire to decline, poor sleep quality, frequent urination, but incomplete urination every time.

Third, the symptoms of female urethritis also include anxious and painful urination, a feeling that the crystals are being removed, as well as decreased appetite, listlessness, lower abdominal pain, less urine and other acid reflux problems, which are harmful to the patient's health.

2. Several common types of urethritis

1. Gonococcal urethritis is a common sexually transmitted disease, which manifests itself clinically as acute urethritis. The clinical symptoms are thick leucorrhea, lower abdominal pain and frequent and urgent urination.

2. Non-gonococcal urethritis Urethritis is a type of urethritis transmitted by sexual transmission. Clinically, the symptoms are delayed, sometimes mild and sometimes severe. Some patients have symptoms such as urinary pain and urethral itching; sometimes it is inflammation and erosion of the cervix, with excessive secretions.

3. Fungal urethritis is an inflammatory space-occupying lesion of the urethra caused by fungi. The main clinical manifestations are urethral itching, burning sensation during urination, a small amount of secretions in the form of watery or mucous samples, rarely bright red or black; painful urination, redness around the private parts, edema, various skin changes, etc.

Female friends should pay attention to the cleanliness of their vulva and the hygiene of their urethra to avoid infection. Now you should know the reason why the female urethral opening is swollen. The female urethral opening is adjacent to the vagina. If inflammation occurs, it will lead to mutual infection and repeated infection. Therefore, female friends must pay attention to the hygiene in these aspects.