What are the symptoms of urethritis in women?
Mar 12, 2025
Source: Cainiu Health
Dr. Zhang Lu
Introduction
Under normal circumstances, female urethritis is mainly caused by bacterial infection, viral infection, fungal infection, and other factors. The main symptoms of female urethritis include frequent urination, urgency, painful urination, abnormal urine, and increased urethral discharge. Patients can take medications such as metronidazole tablets, tinidazole tablets, and levofloxacin hydrochloride tablets under a doctor's guidance.
Generally, female urethritis is mainly caused by bacterial infection, viral infection, fungal infection, and other factors. The main symptoms of female urethritis include frequent urination, urgency, painful urination, abnormal urine, and increased urethral discharge. If discomfort occurs, timely medical consultation is recommended. Detailed analysis is as follows:
1. Frequent Urination
After the urethra is infected by pathogens such as bacteria, the inflammatory stimulation of the urethral mucosa and bladder trigone causes frequent contractions of the bladder detrusor muscle, resulting in increased frequency of urination.
2. Urgency
Inflammation increases the sensitivity of the urethral and bladder mucosa. When there is only a small amount of urine in the bladder, a strong urge to urinate occurs, making it difficult to control the desire to urinate.
3. Painful Urination
During urination, urine flows through the inflamed urethra, stimulating nerve endings on the urethral mucosa, causing pain, often described as a burning or stabbing sensation in the urethra.
4. Abnormal Urine
Due to the presence of abnormal components such as pus, bacteria, or red blood cells in the urine, the urine may become cloudy, have an unpleasant odor, or even appear as hematuria (blood in urine) or contain blood clots.
5. Increased Urethral Discharge
After the urethra is infected by pathogens, an inflammatory response occurs in the urethral mucosa, causing mucosal congestion and exudation, which leads to the production of discharge. Initially, the discharge may be mucoid, but it can become purulent in severe cases.
Female patients with urethritis can take medications such as metronidazole tablets, tinidazole tablets, and levofloxacin hydrochloride tablets under a doctor's guidance. Adequate rest, increased water intake to produce more urine, which helps flush the urethra and promote the elimination of bacteria and inflammatory secretions, should also be emphasized. Additionally, attention should be paid to personal hygiene and maintaining cleanliness of the external genital area.
