Duration of urethritis
Urethritis is not always accompanied by symptoms. Therefore, no general statement can be made about how many days the disease lasts. Bacterial urethritides should always be treated with antibiotics.
After the start of antibiotics, the symptoms – if any – usually subside significantly after 2-3 days at the latest. This does not mean, however, that the disease is cured. It is particularly important to know this in the case of bacterial urethritis, as it is highly contagious (sexually transmitted). In general, after the urethritis has healed, only protected sexual intercourse should be carried out to avoid a new infection or an infection of the sexual partner.
Who treats urethritis
Urethral inflammation is usually not simply treated with antibiotics, often a smear is taken from the urethra to determine the pathogens exactly. Even if the family doctor is normally the first contact person for these types of diseases: He usually does not have the material to take and examine smears. It can therefore be useful to consult a urologist (man) or a urologist and gynecologist (woman). First, however, the presentation can be made to the family doctor, who can then decide how to proceed.
Is urethritis contagious?
A bacterially triggered urethritis is contagious. The transmission route is via smear infection during sexual intercourse. The infection rate is high.
In the case of foreign and frequently changing sexual partners, therefore, only protected sexual intercourse should take place. If handled correctly, this protects against infection in the majority of cases.
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