What is gonococcal urethritis in women?

Many women are easily affected by some common gynecological diseases, and urethritis is a relatively common one. There are many types of urethritis and a large number of infected patients, most of whom are female patients. Many patients are unaware of the details of the disease when they are diagnosed with it. So, what is female gonococcal urethritis? Please see the following introduction for this disease.

Urethritis refers to inflammation of the urethral mucosa. It is a common disease, more common in women. It is clinically divided into acute and chronic, nonspecific urethritis and gonococcal urethritis. The latter two have similar clinical manifestations and must be differentiated based on medical history and bacteriological examination. It is mostly caused by retrograde invasion of pathogenic bacteria into the urethra.

The common causes of urethritis are as follows: 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 the 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, can spread to the urethra, which is often a stubborn lesion of chronic posterior urethritis, ⑤ It is often related to sexual life, and unclean sexual life can easily cause urethral infection.

Common causes of female urethritis are vaginitis, Trichomonas or mycoplasma infection. Because the female urethral opening and vaginal opening are very close, it is easy to induce urethritis if there is vaginitis. In addition, if you drink less water and eat spicy and other irritating foods, it is also easy to induce urethritis. In addition, patients with urinary stones are also prone to urethritis.

What is female gonococcal urethritis? After suffering from such a disease, many female patients are afraid to go to a regular hospital for timely examination due to their own face, which results in the aggravation of the disease. This is a very irrational practice. I hope that all patients can go to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible and try to cure the disease completely as soon as possible.