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Symptoms Of Urethritis In Women
What Is It?
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 (STI). Much less commonly it may be the result of an injury from an instrument such as a urinary catheter or exposure to an irritating chemical such as an antiseptic or a spermicide
Doctors usually classify infectious urethritis into two categories: gonococcal urethritis, caused by gonorrhea bacteria, and nongonococcal...
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Urethritis
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Urethral syndrome; NGU; Non-gonococcal urethritisSymptomsIn men:Blood in the urine or semenBurning pain while urinating (dysuria)Discharge from... Read more »
Heart Attack Symptoms in Women
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Urethral stricture
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Urethral stricture is an abnormal narrowing of the tube that carries urine out of the body from the bladder (urethra).Causes, incidence, and risk... Read more »
Urethritis: chronic
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Chronic urethritis is long-term swelling and irritation (inflammation) of the urethra, the tube that carries urine from the body. This inflammation... Read more »
Chlamydial urethritis: male
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Difficulty urinating Painful urinationBurning sensation during urinationDischarge from the penisRedness, swelling, itching of the opening of the... Read more »
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