Slight redness and swelling of the male urethra

Slight redness and swelling of the male urethra is often considered urethritis. Common symptoms of urethritis are redness, swelling and pain at the urethra, and sticky discharge. Urethritis is harmful to the human body. Patients with urethritis generally need timely treatment and cannot be left alone. We should also take preventive measures to avoid urethritis that causes inconvenience in daily activities and even embarrassment.

The redness and swelling of the urethra and the excessive discharge indicate that male friends have urethritis. Because the typical symptoms of urethritis are redness and swelling of the urethra and discharge of the urethra, congestion or redness of the urethra, serous, mucous or thin white discharge, and a "mucous" appearance when getting up in the morning.

The swelling of the urethra is a manifestation of inflammatory infection of the urogenital system. In men, urethritis is the most common. The swelling of the urethra is mostly the acute inflammatory stage of urethritis. At the same time, men often experience itching, burning, and stinging in the urethra, and sometimes urgency and difficulty in urination. The urethra is congested or swollen, with sebaceous, mucous or thin white secretions, or there is a "sweating" phenomenon in the morning.

Urethritis is an inflammation of the urethral mucosa. There are many causes for the disease, the most fundamental of which is the invasion of pathogenic microorganisms into the urethra. These microorganisms are mainly gonococci, gonococci, mycoplasmas, chlamydia, candida albicans, trichomonas, and some bacteria that normally reside in the human body. Masturbation habits, excessive masturbation, smoking, drinking, wearing tight underwear, long-term bicycle riding, horse riding, long-term indwelling catheters, urethral foreign bodies, etc., put pressure on and damage the urethra, leading to local congestion, ischemia, and hypoxia, which reduces the resistance of the urethral mucosa and makes it easy to get infected.

Etiology and pathology of urethritis: In acute urethritis, the external urethral opening is red and swollen, the edges are everted, the mucosal surface is often adhered by serous or purulent secretions, and sometimes there are shallow ulcers. Under the microscope, mucosal edema can be seen, in which white blood cells, plasma cells and lymphocytes are infiltrated, capillaries are dilated, and the paraurethral glands are congested or filled with piles of pus cells.

Redness and swelling of the male urethral opening is one of the symptoms of urethritis. Male urethritis is a type of male urinary tract infection. Therefore, if a man suffers from urethritis, he should go to a regular andrology department for scientific treatment as soon as possible to avoid the disease threatening his physical health and reproductive and urinary health.

1. Inducing infection. Male urethritis can induce related infections, such as epididymitis, prostatitis, etc.

2. Affect sperm treatment. During ejaculation, sperm motility will be affected due to urethritis.

3. Cause ejaculation disorders.