What is gonococcal urethritis

Gonococcal urethritis is an infection of the urethra caused by gonococcal bacteria, which is clinically known as gonorrhea. Urethritis is one of the most common infectious and inflammatory diseases in urology, and is categorized into gonococcal urethritis and nongonococcal urethritis according to whether the actual source of infection is gonococcus, and gonococcal urethritis if the pathogen is gonococcus. Gonococcus is mainly transmitted through sexual intercourse, and some patients can also be infected through contact with towels, bathtubs, and other items used by gonococcus-infected patients. The clinical symptoms of this condition vary according to the gender of the patient. First of all, the clinical symptoms of female gonococcal urethritis patients are not obvious, some serious patients will have frequent urination, urinary urgency, urinary pain, urethral urethral redness and swelling and other symptoms, a small number of patients will have pain in the lower abdomen, pain during sexual intercourse and other symptoms. Male patients initially with frequent urination, urinary urgency and other symptoms, followed by urethral urethral redness and swelling, 1 to 2 days after the urethral urethral urethra may appear a large amount of purulent discharge, some patients may be accompanied by hematospermia, hematuria and other conditions. It is recommended that patients recently diagnosed with gonorrhea urethritis seek medical treatment as soon as possible to avoid delaying the condition, and avoid sexual intercourse during treatment to avoid infection.