What is non-gonococcal urethritis in women?

Women's health is now affected by many diseases, including many sexually transmitted diseases. If you are not careful during your sexual life, you are likely to be infected with some sexually transmitted diseases. Female non-gonococcal urethritis has caused great harm to the physical and mental health of many female patients, and some people still don’t know about the relevant situation of this disease. So, what is female non-gonococcal urethritis? Please see the following introduction to this disease.

Non-gonococcal urethritis refers to a sexually transmitted disease caused by pathogens other than gonococci, mainly Chlamydia trachomatis and Mycoplasma. There are clinical manifestations of urethritis, but no gonococci can be found in the secretions and no gonococci grow in bacterial culture. Female patients often have genital tract inflammation such as cervicitis. This disease has now surpassed gonorrhea in European and American countries and has become the number one sexually transmitted disease. It is becoming more and more common in my country and has become one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases.

Clinical manifestations of non-gonococcal urethritis in women:

1. Typical symptoms include urethral itching, accompanied by urinary urgency, pain and difficulty urinating, but the symptoms are milder than those of gonococcal urethritis.

2. When not urinating for a long time or before the first urination in the morning, a small amount of mucous secretion may come out of the anus, sometimes only manifested as a scab seal or dirty crotch. A considerable number of people may not have any symptoms.

3. Male patients may develop epididymitis. Female patients are not as typical as male patients. Many patients may be asymptomatic. They may generally suffer from urethritis, mucopurulent cervicitis, acute pelvic inflammatory disease and infertility.

Since some patients with non-gonococcal urethritis may have no symptoms, the onset is slow, and the symptoms are atypical, they are easily misdiagnosed or missed during the initial diagnosis. Therefore, for patients with urethritis, the following points should be noted: ① The patient has a history of unclean sexual life, and the incubation period is generally 1-3 weeks. ② For asymptomatic patients, first determine whether they have urethritis and then differentiate it from gonorrhea; ③ Take secretions for Gram staining to rule out the possibility of gonorrhea. When 10 to 15 neutrophils can be seen under high-power vision and there are no Gram-negative diplococci, it is suspected to be non-gonococcal urethritis; ④ Immunofluorescence or enzyme immunoassay to check for Chlamydia trachomatis or culture method to check for Ureaplasma urealyticum, and positive results can be diagnosed.

What is non-gonococcal urethritis in women? This is a highly contagious sexually transmitted disease that not only endangers the physical and mental health of the patient, but also poses a great threat to the health of the partner. Therefore, if you get this disease, you must go to a good regular hospital as soon as possible and cooperate with the treatment patiently, so as to avoid more serious consequences.