1. Urethritis
By: Gavin and Parm

2. Explanation
• Urethritis is an inflammation of the urethra
because of an infection. The inflammation
occurs because of all the white blood cells in
the urethra. This infection can move up to the
kidneys, bladder, and ureter this is called an
urinary tract infection or an UTI.

3. Simple Facts

4. Risk Factors
• If someone already had the disease in your
family then you also have a chance of getting
urethritis because it's in your genes.
• Having a lot of sexual partners
• Having anal sex or other risky types of sex
• Having a damaged condom

5. Canadians
• 5% of Canadian men have urethritis and 3-4%
of Canadian women have this disease.
• Men in between the ages of 20-35 and
women during the reproductive years are the
one that are getting urethritis.

6. • The goal of the
treatment is to
eliminate the cause
of infection, improve
symptoms, and
prevent the spread
of infection
Treatment
• You will be given
antibiotics like
Azithromycin to fight
the infection and you
should avoid having
sex but if you are
having sex make

7. Links
• http://medicaldictionary.thefreedictionary.com/urethritis
• http://www.healthcentral.com/incontinence/h/u
rethritis.html
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/P
MH0001475/
• http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/artic
le/000439.htm
• http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/43809
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