Symptoms of chronic urethritis in women

The onset is not as acute as gonorrhea, the symptoms are delayed, and the severity may vary, but it is milder than gonorrhea. About 50% of patients experience symptoms such as painful urination and urethral itching. It is easy to be misdiagnosed during a face-to-face consultation. Non-gonococcal urethritis in women is mild, with no or mild pain when urinating, and a small amount of secretions may occur. Sometimes the cervix is ​​also inflamed or eroded, and most of the cervical secretions contain white blood cells in the shape of impellers (more than 100 cells per line of sight under the ultra-high microscope).

The symptoms of female urethritis will also vary with the severity of the disease, and each person's condition is different. Generally speaking, the symptoms of female urethritis are swelling of the external opening of the urethra, with serous or purulent secretions on the surface. The disease develops rapidly, usually without fever, and is accompanied by symptoms such as pain after urination, inability to hold urine, frequent and urgent urination, and turbid urine. The frequency of urination is once every ten minutes or so, accompanied by burning and pain in the urethra, and blood in the turbid urine. When upper urinary tract infection (pyelonephritis) is common, there are chills, fever, back pain and turbid urine, sometimes accompanied by digestive system symptoms and systemic symptoms.

The symptoms of female urethritis seriously threaten women's health, especially in summer. Female urethritis often likes to find women inconvenience in hot seasons. This is because the female urethral opening is shorter and is around the vulva, making it easy for bacteria to invade the urethral opening; coupled with the high temperature, the body sweats a lot, and the sebaceous glands of the female vulva are very rich. If not properly cared for, it is easy to make the private parts wet for a long time. At this time, the bacteria will multiply very quickly and take advantage of the opportunity to enter the body, causing urethritis, hematoma and edema at the urethral opening, and symptoms such as frequent urination, urgency, inability to hold urine, and painful urination.

Symptoms of urethritis

1. Gonorrheal urethritis symptoms: commonly known as gonorrhea, divided into subacute gonorrhea and chronic gonorrhea. The main symptoms of subacute gonorrhea are difficulty urinating and purulent secretions from the urethra. Most cases of chronic gonorrhea are changes from subacute gonorrhea, and are generally manifested by recurrent symptoms of urethritis.

2. Symptoms of acute urethritis: There is a lot of secretion from the urethra, which is mucus at first and then slowly turns into pus. At the same time, there are frequent urination, urgency, inability to hold urine, and painful urination.

3. Symptoms of non-gonococcal urethritis: The symptoms are milder than gonorrhea. There is an itching or burning sensation at the urethral opening, and occasionally pain. There is secretion at the urethral opening, but the secretion is thinner than that of gonorrhea, and is clear or light yellow in color. The amount of secretion is also less than that of gonorrhea. A small amount of secretions are excreted only after a long period of absence from the toilet or before the first urination in the morning. Sometimes it only manifests as crotch contamination, and sometimes the patient has no active symptoms.

4. Symptoms of acute urethritis: less secretion, mild symptoms, some patients have no symptoms. It is often easily overlooked and misdiagnosed.

5. Purulent secretions appear at the urethral orifice, which are mucous at first and gradually become pus-like, accompanied by redness and swelling of the urethral orifice, eversion of the mucosa, inability to hold urine, frequent urination, urgency, pain in urination, urethral stinging, listlessness, and in severe cases, chills, high fever, and difficulty urinating. The secretion of patients with acute urethritis will decrease, and the symptoms such as frequent urination, urgency, pain, and inability to hold urine in the non-acute stage will be alleviated, accompanied only by itching or a tingling sensation. Some patients may have no symptoms. It is often easily overlooked and misdiagnosed.