Urethritis is a common disease of urinary system, referring to the inflammation of the urethral mucosa, female predilection. Clinically, it can be divided into acute and chronic, non-specific urethritis and gonococcal urethritis. The latter two clinical manifestations are similar and must be differentiated according to the history and bacteriological examination. Most of them were caused by retrograde invasion of the urethra by pathogenic bacteria.The main causes of urethritis usually includes the following.
1. Inflammation of adjacent organs
If women suffer from inflammation in other areas, such as cervicitis, just in the radiation area, the risk of urethritis will also be high.
2. Unclean Sexual Life
Escherichia coli often stays in the female urethral outlet, if the sexual life is not clean, urethritis can not be avoided.
3. Body structure
Some women's urethra is very short and close to the perineum, which makes it easy to bring bacteria into the urethra. Especially in summer, women's perineum is very humid, which is more likely to lead to bacterial growth, and is particularly vulnerable to urethritis.
4. Abnormal Urinary Tract
This siatuation only happens to a small number of women, and it is congenital, very special. For example, kidney dysplasia and so on can cause it, too. Another case is urinary tract infarction, which may be caused by urinary calculi or urethral stricture.

Symptoms of urethritis
1. About half of the women with urethritis, there will be obvious secretions, some of which will be purulent secretions. But in the beginning, there was no difference between normal leucorrhea and normal leucorrhea, which belonged to the nature of mucus. it will become a purulent discharge unknowingly, and the urethral orifice becomes exceptionally red and swollen.
2. Females with urethritis may have frequent and urgent urination at first. But in a very short time, there will be droplets of urine, urinary retention. The most serious situation is that women will shiver in their urine, which is very painful.
3. At the same time, women with urethritis, in addition to the above phenomena,there are also intolerable itching. The condition of frequency and urgency of urination will become more serious, and secretions will increase accordingly. It is impossible to live and work normally.
Treatment
Women's urethritis often occurs in summer and it can be divided into two types: acute urethritis and chronic urethritis. First of all, it should be pointed out that urethritis is not entirely gynecological diseases, but also urological diseases, and the concept of urinary tract infection is the same, but the scope of urinary tract infection will be more extensive. And acute urinary tract inflammation is the most common .
First of all, once a woman has acute urethritis, she must take some anti-inflammatory and diuretic drugs under the guidance of a doctor; she can also choose some lotions to disinfect and sterilize the vulva properly, which can also effectively alleviate the discomfort caused by urethral inflammation. In addition, if women have acute urethral inflammation during the menstrual cycle, they must clean the vulva every day. Under the guidance of the doctor, they can also take appropriate vaginal medication, which can effectively control the further development of the symptoms of urethral inflammation. Of course, some vulvar lotions can be diluted, further sterilization and disinfection, but not recommended for continuous use, as long as the sensory symptoms have improved, you can stop using lotions. Diuretic and anti-inflammatory pills have good effect of killing bacteria and viruses causing female urinary system diseases, and can be cured by strictly control of diet for about three months.
During treatment, it is best to avoid having sex and not eating spicy food. Patients should also drink more water, urinate more, can further wash the urethra, which is also conducive to the alleviation and disappearance of inflammatory symptoms. Normally, three days of medication can be effective, if the situation is serious, it may take about a week of treatment cycle. In addition, after timely treatment, patients must pay more attention to hygiene, diet, smoking and alcohol cessation in peacetime, because there are too many factors of urethral inflammation, which must be paid attention to in daily life.
Female urinary tract infection produces discomfort, which can make women feel restless and affect their work and life seriously. The most common symptoms are frequent urination, urgency of urination, pain, urinary incontinence and hematuria. Women with urethritis will not heal by themselves without taking any medication or receiving any treatment. Therefore, women who suspected of urinary tract infection should go to the hospital in time to be tested to find out the cause. After accurate diagnosis, regular medication, adequate treatment, the condition usually can be completely cured.
In addition, for urethritis, it is important to prevent diseases. The most important thing to prevent urethritis is to pay attention to: personal hygiene, changing underwear frequently, after sexual life, wash your private parts and wash away the bacteria around the urethral orifice, drink water frequently and do not hold your urine. At last, I hope you can recover soon!