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Friday, October, 16, 2009

Symptoms For Urethritis For Women

Health Encyclopedia: Chlamydial Urethritis Male

Definition

Chlamydial urethritis is a sexually transmitted disease involving infection of the urethra (the tube that drains urine from the bladder).


Causes, incidence, and risk factors

Chlamydial urethritis is caused by a type of microorganism that lives as a parasite within human cells, but is classified as an intracellularbacteria.

Chlamydia can cause nonspecific urethritis with swollen testes and a discharge from the penis. The symptoms can appear similar to gonorrhea infe...

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Expert & Community Posts

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...disease, then is it appropriate?   One thing that a woman has to keep in mind is that a... Read more »

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You may have spotted a brief news report in recent years about stem cell research conducted in... Read more »

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Does the Doctor Respect Me?
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Combating the Aging Process
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While at NAFC, we have long echoed the mantra that loss of bladder or bowel control is not an... Read more »

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Urethral Strictures and Reconstruction
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Health Guide

Penis Size
...not that bigger is necessarily better, but that different sized or shaped phalluses can stimulate a woman's vagina in different ways. But first, a little about me. I'm a lesbian sexpert and... Read more »
The Big O: Did She or Didn't She?
...some kind of carnival aim-and-win game. It's more like the climax of several stages. According to The Woman's Book of Orgasm: A Guide to the Ultimate Sexual Pleasure (Citadel Press, 1998), there... Read more »
Multiple Orgasms
If you're a woman, or if you have sex with one, you'll know that it's hard for many of us to have even one orgasm. When it comes to orgasms, many women are late bloomers and in contrast to men, it... Read more »
Other Treatments
...into the urethra using a reusable syringe. The device must be prescribed by a doctor, who measures the woman's urethra to determine the right size. The tip of the tube contains a balloon that is... Read more »
Urinary Tract Infection: Diagnosis
...not entirely accurate, however, and studies report that they may miss up to 25% of actual UTIs. If a woman has persistent UTI symptoms and the dipstick test is negative, she should check with her... Read more »

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