What is urethritis?

What is urethritis?

Because the female urethra is relatively short but is also adjacent to the vagina, if personal hygiene is not paid attention to, urethritis is likely to occur. At this time, symptoms such as frequent urination, painful urination, and urgency may appear. Not only women will suffer from urethritis, but men may also suffer from this disease.

1. What is urethritis

Urethritis is a disease mainly caused by inflammation of the urethral mucosa. Generally, patients will experience symptoms such as frequent urination, urgency, and pain when urinating, and severe cases will have hematuria. If the disease is in the acute stage, the urethral opening will turn red. Because women have a short urethra and are close to the vagina, they are more susceptible to illness, so the incidence rate in women is relatively high.

2. Causes of urethritis

1. Bad habits and customs

Some people usually do not pay attention to controlling their sexual behavior, have sex too frequently, masturbate frequently, like tight underwear, ride bicycles or horses for a long time, etc., which squeeze and damage the urethra and may cause urethritis.

2. Unclean sexual life

If you have an unclean sexual life, bacteria will invade the urethra during sexual intercourse and cause urethritis.

3. Urethral obstruction

If the external urethral opening is narrow and urination is difficult, the urethra may be infected and urethritis may occur if the urethra is blocked for a long time.

4. Inflammation of nearby tissues

If there is inflammation near the urethra, such as female vaginitis, cervicitis, male prostatitis, seminal vesiculitis, epididymitis and other diseases, urethritis may also be caused.

3. How to prevent urethritis

1. Urinate promptly

You should pay attention to drinking more water and urinating more often. During the urination process, urine can flush the urethra and take away some bacteria, which is beneficial for preventing urethritis.

2. Pay attention to personal hygiene

Pay attention to personal hygiene, wash your lower body frequently, and change your underwear frequently. When women wipe with paper after defecation, they should wipe from front to back to prevent contamination of the vaginal opening and cause urethritis.

3. Vitamin C Supplement

Because vitamin C can increase the acidity of urine and reduce bacteria in the urethra, proper supplementation of vitamin C can prevent urethritis.