Urethral syndrome

Description:

The term an urethral syndrome designate the urethritis which is characterized  by the painful speeded-up urination and imperative desires and, as a rule, a leukocyturia, but without the expressed bacteriuria (less than 100 1/ml). The speeded-up urination and imperative desires to an urination quite often are absent.

This term is popular, but is hardly exact. First, damage of a bladder, but not damage of an urethra sometimes is behind it. Secondly, it is it is unlikely lawful to combine diseases of various etiology (which in principle can be established) in one "syndrome".

Symptoms of the Urethral syndrome:

If cystitis is in a chronic form, so acute process was not exposed to treatment. Many women act independently, without thinking that such actions can worsen situation. Only the correct exit - to ask for the help the doctor to the urologist. At the reserved course of a disease it is necessary to follow such recommendations: to urinate as often as possible, it is not recommended to detain bladder emptying. If sexual intercourse took place, surely it is necessary to urinate. At a strong aggravation it is necessary to accept a large amount of liquids, in ideal option - special pharmaceutical collecting.

Also urethral syndrome it is accepted to call an urethritis. It differs in signs, the general for this group of diseases, in very painful, frequent urination and so-called false desires, there is a leukocyturia. In certain cases the speeded-up desires to an urination can be absent completely. Designation an urethral syndrome means inflammatory process in a bladder, not in an urethra. In the presence of an urethral syndrome physicians recommend not to interrupt the appointed course of treatment if the state considerably improved, and it seems that symptoms of a disease disappeared. Such imprudent acts also promote development of chronic diseases.

Reasons of the Urethral syndrome:

The urethral syndrome can be caused  by Chlamydia trachomatis,  Neisseria gonorrhoeae, sometimes -  a herpes simplex virus

Treatment of the Urethral syndrome:

At the urethral syndrome caused  by Chlamydia trachomatis appoint doxycycline, 100 mg 2 times a day during 7 days.