Urethritis in Men Overview
Urethritis is an
inflammation of the
urethra. This is the tube that carries
urine and
semen through the
penis and forms the opening at the end of the
penis.
Full article >>>Urethritis may be caused by the same
organisms that cause
urinary tract infections (E. coli or klebsiella) and by some
sexually transmitted diseases (
chlamydia,
gonorrhea, and Urea
plasma urealyticum
infections).
Full article >>>Urethritis can be due to several causes, including
sexually transmitted diseases such as
Chlamydia, or irritation.
Treatment depends on the cause.
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Full article >>>Urethritis is an
inflammation of the
urethra, which is the tube that carries
urine out of the body.
Urethritis is usually caused by a sexually transmitted
infection.
Full article >>>Chronic urethritis is usually caused either by a
bacterial infection or structural problem (narrowing of the
urethra). It may also be associated with a variety of
systemic diseases, including emotional disorders.
Full article >>>Non-specific
urethritis (NSU) is also sometimes known as non-gonococcal
urethritis or NGU. This is because although many different
organisms may cause the
infection, one that does not is Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacterium that causes gonorrhoea.
Full article >>>urethritis - an
infection of the
urethra, the hollow tube that drains
urine from the
bladder to the outside of the body.
cystitis - a
bacterial infection in the
bladder that often has moved up from the
urethra.
Full article >>>Urethritis.
Inflammation of the tubes that hold
sperm (
epididymitis).
Inflammation of the
prostate, the
gland that makes most of the fluid in
semen (
prostatitis).
Infertility.
Full article >>>UrethritisInflammation of the
urethra, which is the passage through which the
urine moves from the
bladder to the outside of the body.
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Full article >>>urethritis (
infection of the
urethra), usually caused by
sexually transmitted diseases
cystitis (
infection of the
bladder), which is more common in elderly men
pyelonephritis (
infection of the
kidney), which is rare in men but can be serious.
Full article >>>Inflammation or
infection of your
bladder may result in pressure in the
pelvis and lower
abdomen and strong-
smelling
urine.
Urethritis.
Inflammation or
infection of the
urethra leads to burning with
urination and sometimes
pus in your
urine.
Full article >>>An
infection limited to the
urethra is called
urethritis. If
bacteria move to the
bladder and
multiply, a
bladder infection, called
cystitis, results.
Full article >>>Tetracycline is also used to treat nongonococcal
urethritis (due to Urea
plasma), Rocky mountain spotted
fever,
typhus,
chancroid,
cholera,
brucellosis,
anthrax, and
syphilis.
Full article >>> Reiter's, which includes
conjunctivitis (
inflammation of the mucous
membrane lining the inner surface of the eyeball), enthesitis (
inflammation where the
tendon attaches to the bone) and
urethritis (
inflammation of the
urethra), ...
Full article >>>Indication: single-dose
treatment of
sexually transmitted diseases (STDs): (1) uncomplicated
urethral
gonorrhea in males and endo
cervical and rectal
gonorrhea in females caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae, (2) nongonococcal
urethritis and
cervicitis ...
Full article >>>arthritis, which is
inflammation of the
joints urethritis, which is
inflammation of the
urethra conjunctivitis, which is
inflammation of the lining of the
eye lesions of the
skin and mucous
membranes ...
Full article >>>zone; perityphlic; perityphlitis; perityphlitis actinomycotica; periumbilical; peri
ungual; peri
ungual fibroma; periureteral
abscess; periureteric; periureteritis; periureteritis plastica; periurethral; periurethral
abscess; peri
urethritis; ...
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