What are the symptoms of a female urethral tumor?

Tumors at the female urethral opening are a relatively common physical disease. The presence of tumors at the female urethral opening has a great impact on the health of the body and can easily cause some other complications. The most obvious symptoms of tumors at the female urethral opening are difficulty in urination, burning sensation at the urethral opening, or vaginal secretions with a strong fishy smell, which can easily cause swelling around the vulva.

This disease is more common in elderly women, and 3/4 occurs in those over 50 years old. Common symptoms include urethral bleeding and hematuria. Other symptoms include frequent urination, painful urination, burning sensation during urination, difficulty urinating, or sexual discomfort. A lump may be seen or felt locally, and if the tumor is necrotic or ulcerated, yellow or bloody, smelly discharge may be seen from the urethra or vagina.

Late symptoms include weight loss, pelvic necrosis, periurethral abscess, urinary incontinence, urethrovaginal fistula, or urinary retention. A small number of patients have no symptoms at all, and the tumor is often discovered during a physical examination.

Below the renal pelvis are organs with ducts, the cavity of which is covered with urothelium (also called transitional epithelium). The internal environment they are in contact with is urine, and carcinogens often cause urothelial tumors through urine. Therefore, urothelial tumors of the renal pelvis, ureter, bladder, and urethra all have commonalities and may affect multiple organs. Since urine stays in the bladder the longest, bladder cancer is the most common cause.

Urinary system tumors often occur after the age of 40, and are about twice as common in men as in women. Wilms tumor and bladder rhabdomyosarcoma are diseases of infants and young children, with no difference in incidence between boys and girls. Among urinary system tumors, the incidence of renal pelvic cancer in China is higher than that in European and American countries.

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No matter what kind of tumor it is, it needs to be taken seriously. Early diagnosis and treatment are very beneficial. We need to pay active attention to it. The above introduces the classification characteristics of urinary tract tumors. Everyone needs to pay great attention to physical examinations, especially as they get older. They need to pay attention to physical examinations and early detection and treatment.