Urethral redness and swelling may be caused by urethritis, prostatitis, glansitis and other diseases, which need to be treated with medication and surgery for the cause.
1. Urethritis: patients with urethritis will show symptoms such as urethral tingling, redness and swelling of the urethral opening, and frequent urination. For patients with gonococcal urethritis can choose to take ceftriaxone tablets, cefixime and other antibiotics under the guidance of the doctor.
If the patient develops non-gonococcal urethritis, the patient needs to follow the doctor’s advice with azithromycin, erythromycin and other antibiotics.
For patients with urethral stenosis, urethral dilatation, urethral cystoscopy urethral endotomy treatment can be chosen.
2. Prostatitis: common symptoms of prostatitis include painful urination, frequent urination, redness and swelling of the urethra. Patients are advised to use alpha receptor blockers such as tamsulosin hydrochloride extended-release capsules and doxazosin tablets under the guidance of a doctor. Patients can also choose Chinese medicine treatment, such as sitz baths, acupuncture and so on. Serious patients can choose surgical treatment, such as incision and drainage, prostate puncture pus drainage.
3. glans: glans patients mainly manifested as glans skin mucosa edema, pain, itching, pain at the urethral orifice.
For patients with Candida infections, antibacterial drugs such as fluconazole tablets and mycotoxin tablets can be used under the guidance of doctors. For glans due to aerobic bacterial infection, antibiotics such as erythromycin and amoxicillin need to be used as prescribed by the doctor. If the patient has recurrent glans, he can choose surgical treatment, including circumcision, laser excision and so on.
Patients in the urethral urethral redness and swelling, should be timely medical examination of the cause, to take appropriate measures for the cause of treatment.