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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Chlamydial urethritis is a sexually transmitted disease involving infection of the urethra (the tube that drains urine from the bladder).Causes,... Read more »
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Urethritis is swelling and irritation (inflammation) of the urethra. The urethra is the tube that carries urine from the body.Alternative... Read more »
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Chronic urethritis is long-term swelling and irritation (inflammation) of the urethra, the tube that carries urine from the body. This inflammation... Read more »
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Septic arthritis is inflammation of a joint due to a bacterial or fungal infection. Septic arthritis that is due to the bacteria that cause gonorrhea... Read more »
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Gonococcal arthritis is inflammation of a joint (usually just one) due to a gonorrhea infection.See also: Non-gonococcal bacterial... Read more »