Herpes Urethritis
URETHRITIS as a Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) and HERPES as a CAUSE

The urethra is the small tube which moves urine from your bladder to the opening where you void urine. For women, the urethra ends at the floor of her vagina nearest the vulva, outside lips of the genital area. For men, the urethra ends at the end of the penis and is easily visualized by anyone in the circumcised male, where the foreskin covering of the head of the penis has been removed.

Urethritis is the inflammation of the urethra, which usually is the result of an infection by microbes, such as standard & unique bacteria, viruses & protozoa or auto-immune disease, chemical irritation or other growths.

Clinical signs of urethritis in both sexes are watery or cloudy discharge, burning or tingling or itching while or after urinating or urgency for frequent urination, similar to which is experienced with a bladder infection scenario.

The most common bacterial cause of urethritis as an STD is GONORHEA, which is easily treated with common antibiotics. A less common cause is the protozoa, trichomonas which is readily susceptible to common antibiotics.

Another big sector of urethritis causes recently identified worldwide has been labeled NONGONOCCOCAL URETHRITIS (NGU).

Unique bacteria such as Chlamydia and Mycoplasmas have led the way as the cause of NGU worldwide. Over a half million new cases a year are diagnosed in the U.S. alone, and equally in the sexes, though 30% of the males and 70% of females may show no symptoms, although they are infected. They are carriers and if untreated and will infect others usually during vaginal, oral or anal sex. Both Chlamydia and Mycoplasma are readily treated with common antibiotics.

Some researchers claim that genital herpes is a cause of NGU, although they report that they expect to see external genital sores on the genitalia as well at the same time. It may be possible however that genital herpes is limited to microscopic lesions of this sensitive region, the urethra &/or bladder linings and no visible sores are seen by the other sex partner. Then the infected lover is known as a carrier.

Some cases of NGU do not appear to have a microbe infection, so they are grouped under nonspecific cause.

One source states that the three common causes of nongonococcal urethritis (NGU) are gonorrhea, Chlamydia and GENTIAL HERPES. Other research sources claim that genital herpes rarely causes urethritis. This doesn’t make sense medically to me,--especially if herpes-below-the-waist in 10% of cases is the cold sore variety or Herpes simplex Type 1. Herpes simplex Type 2 is known as genital herpes and can also cause cold sores above-the-waist which are quite severe.
Herpes virus grows readily in mucous membranes, more readily than it grows on the skin around the mouth or nose, or the buttocks, anus and thighs. If the mucous membranes of the urethra are open and exposed to viral particles of Herpes sores on the penis,--why wouldn’t the herpes virus infect the male’s urethra and the female’s urethra during coitus which provides body fluid emissions as a transfer medium?

The best way to deal with atypical (not common) or should we call it more typical than the medical community wants to admit to,--genital herpes infections that manifest as urethritis is to topically treat herpes skin sores in the region with a safe chemical that KILLS the virus on contact, so the sores are stopped immediately from being infective and to ENHANCE one’s immune system to deal with the mucus membrane genital herpes sores, using naturopathic means.

Than is, one can consider a balanced diet (you need some meat protein to keep producing protein rich antibodies, etc.), lowering alcohol consumption and other drug abuses along with quitting smoking. Stress reduction is best done with adequate exercise, adequate sleep and time to enjoy life. Herbs, especially Chinese herbs can be potent immune system function enhancers,--but be careful-if they work well, they are natural drugs that can poison your system by misuse, but not usually to the degree their pharmaceutical cousins can.

The new pharmaceutical virus chemotherapy is a severe choice for most herpes victims, whether they suffer from genital herpes or cold sores, if these individuals are otherwise healthy.

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