Treating a patient with painful urination is often suspected to have urethritis. Urethritis is the common manifestation of sexually transmitted infections among the men. This article will provide a short overview about urethritis in adult men. Infectious urethritis is commonly caused due to the sexually transmitted pathogen. The most cases of urethritis are found in young and sexually active men.
Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis are the two most common pathogens found associated with the infectious urethritis. In addition Mycoplasma genitalium and Treponema pallidum have also been associated with infectious urethritis. In almost all cases manifestations of infectious urethritis are treated at a primary care or STD centres but sometimes these cases can be presented directly to urologists when the infection is dormant. Clinical manifestations of Urethritis: The most common…
