Why is the girl's urethra red and swollen?

A girl's urethra opening is close to the vaginal opening and is more susceptible to bacterial infection. If you do not pay attention to your physical hygiene, you will easily experience symptoms of discomfort. So what causes redness and swelling at the urethral opening?

Redness and swelling of the urethral opening is a manifestation of genitourinary tract infection.

Urethritis is an inflammation of the urethral mucosa. The causes of the disease are multifaceted, the most fundamental of which is the invasion of the urethra by pathogenic microorganisms (such as gonococci, mycoplasmas, chlamydia, Candida albicans, etc.). In addition, masturbation, smoking, drinking, wearing tight underwear, riding a bicycle for a long time, foreign objects in the urethra, etc. can reduce the resistance of the urethral mucosa and make it easy to get infected.

Purulent secretions appear in the urethra, which are mucous at first and gradually become purulent, accompanied by redness and swelling of the urethral orifice, mucosal eversion, urgency, frequency, pain, urethral stinging, mental depression, and in severe cases, chills, high fever, and difficulty urinating.

Patients with chronic urethritis will have less secretions, and symptoms such as frequent urination, painful urination, and urgency will be alleviated during non-acute attacks, accompanied only by itching or a crawling sensation, and some patients may be asymptomatic. It is often easily overlooked and misdiagnosed.

According to statistics, if urethritis is not cured for a long time or is allowed to develop, 20% of chronic renal failure is caused by urethritis, and nearly 80% of patients with sexual dysfunction and infertility are related to the lesions of urethritis. At the same time, because the bacteria lurking in the urethra enter the urethral crypts, paraurethral glands, bulbar urethra, prostate and seminal vesicle, vas deferens, epididymis and testicles, a series of complications such as cystitis, prostatitis, paraurethral abscess, urethral fistula, etc., are caused, which is very harmful to male reproductive health.