Patient's question:
Patient is male, 30 years old, and previously in good health. Two weeks ago, he experienced urethral itching and washed it with salt water himself, but it still itched a bit.Doctor's answer:
The swelling and pain of the urethral orifice are actually warning signs of male urinary system infections, as many urinary tract infections can cause symptoms of urethral orifice swelling, redness, and pain. There are mainly the following types:1. Prostatitis, which is one of the common diseases in men and is closely related to urethral orifice abnormalities. Clinically, prostatitis can be divided into acute prostatitis and chronic prostatitis, while chronic prostatitis can be further classified into bacterial prostatitis, non-bacterial prostatitis, and prostatodynia. In medicine, the symptoms of prostatitis are collectively referred to as prostatitis syndrome. The urethral symptoms mainly include a sensation of itching and pain at the urethral orifice, dysuria, and a feeling of incomplete urination.
2. Urethritis and other sexually transmitted diseases. If a man experiences swelling, itching, pain, discharge, or pustules at the urethral orifice, it indicates that the patient is likely in the acute stage of urethritis or may have non-gonococcal urethritis and other sexually transmitted diseases. Urethritis refers to inflammation of the urethral mucosa, typically redness, congestion, and discharge at the urethral orifice, as well as lower abdominal pain, itching, stinging, or burning sensation in the urethra. It may also be accompanied by abnormal urination. At this time, complications such as prostatitis and seminal vesiculitis may occur. In addition to causing physical discomfort, urethritis can lead to premature ejaculation, erectile dysfunction, ejaculation disorders, and even infertility.