What causes itching around the female urethra?

Symptoms of itching around the urethral opening are very common. Many people experience this phenomenon in their lives, but many people do not pay attention to it. There are many reasons for itching around the urethral opening in women. If it is not checked and treated in time, over a long period of time, not only will the itching become more and more severe, but it may also cause other diseases in the body, seriously affecting women's daily lives.

What causes itching around the female urethra?

When women feel itchy in their urethra, they don’t need to worry too much, as it is not a serious illness. However, if the itching is unbearable, makes you restless, or even seriously affects your work and study, then you should pay attention.

Itching of the female urethra is usually caused by gynecological inflammation. Therefore, when women find that their urethra is itchy, they should not ignore it or just go to the pharmacy to buy some medicine for external application to relieve the problem. Instead, they should go to a regular hospital for relevant gynecological examinations in time to find out the cause and then carry out targeted treatment.

Therefore, if women have unclean physiological hygiene habits, it will also cause itching of the urethra. Therefore, women should pay attention to personal hygiene, especially the hygiene of their private parts.

We all know that the female urethra is very short and is adjacent to the vagina and anus. Therefore, if a woman has an unclean sexual life, it is easy for the urethra to be infected. At this time, itching will generally occur, and of course there will be other symptoms, which will cause urethritis or other gynecological inflammations.

Therefore, before having sex, both boyfriends and girlfriends should clean their private parts and keep them clean, otherwise they will be easily invaded by bacteria and cause unnecessary harm.

When female friends find that their urethra is itchy, they must not ignore it, because it may be a manifestation of urethritis or a sexually transmitted disease. Therefore, they must go to a regular hospital for examination in time and receive treatment from a professional doctor in order to restore their health as soon as possible.

What causes urethritis?

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 objects in the urethra: Foreign objects placed from the outside or stones in the urethra, etc., can cause urinary tract infection if left 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, fusion of the female hymen and urethral opening, etc., due to poor urination, urine accumulates in the urethra, which may lead to secondary urethral infection.

4. Inflammation of adjacent organs, such as prostatitis, seminal vesiculitis, vaginitis or cervicitis, can spread to the urethra. This is often a stubborn lesion of chronic posterior urethritis.

5. Often related to sexual life, unclean sexual life can easily cause urinary tract infection.

Pathogenesis

The infection routes include ascending infection and descending infection. According to the different pathogens, they can be divided into:

1. The most common pathogens of nonspecific urethritis are Escherichia coli, Streptococcus and Staphylococcus.

2. Specific urethritis is also called gonorrheal urethritis, also known as gonorrhea. The pathogen is Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

3. The pathogens of non-gonococcal urethritis are Chlamydia trachomatis, Ureaplasma urealyticum, Haemophilus bacillus, fungi, Trichomonas vaginalis, genital warts and herpes simplex virus.