Urethritis Indicators
25% of patients with nongonococcal urethritis have asymptomatic urethritis and therefore present to a clinician following a companion screening. Infection with C trachomatis is asymptomatic in up to 75% of women. (6)
Patients with urethritis may exhibit the aforementioned signs and symptoms:
Discharge from the urethra: may appear yellow, green, brown, or blood-tinged; unrelated to sexual activity.
Dysuria (in men) typically occurs in the meatus or distal penis, is worse in the morning, and is exacerbated by alcohol consumption; neither urgency nor frequency are typically observed.
Pain or irritation associated with urethral itching, especially between discharges.
Orchalgia is associated with testicular pain.
Menstrual symptoms may (occasionally) worsen.
Typically, there are no systemic symptoms (such as fever, shivers, nausea, and sweating).
In addition to discomfort, the following are urethritis symptoms:
Constant or immediate need to defecate
Incapacity to initiate urination
Itching, pain, and discomfort can also occur when a person is not urinating. Ureteritis causes the following additional symptoms:
discomfort during sexual activity
Discharge originating from the vaginal or urethral apertures.
Blood in men’s urination or sperm
Urethritis Among Males
Classic urethritis symptoms include burning and discomfort during urination. In addition, a urinary urge may accompany these symptoms. Other symptoms include irritation, swelling, or sensitivity in the penis, pain during sexual contact, and blood in the sperm or urine.
Some infections may also be associated with penile discharge. Another sexually transmitted disease, herpes urethritis, can produce painful genital ulcers.
No fever or significant illness is associated with simple urethritis. However, if this disease travels to other parts of the genital or urinary tracts or the bloodstream, it can cause the following conditions:
Joint inflammation and other symptoms all over the body
There is typically, but not always, a fluid discharge from the penis.
Urination is painful or scorching. This could be mistaken for a urinary tract infection.
There may be irritation or pain in the urethra, as well as a desire to urinate frequently.
A region of the groyne with enlarged lymph nodes
It is uncommon for males to develop a fever.
In some men, urethritis symptoms may never appear. The majority of men with chlamydial infections, the most common cause of NGU, are asymptomatic, according to estimates.
