Urethritis (Urethra Inflammation): Prevention

To prevent urethritis (urethritis), attention must be paid to reducing individual risk factors.

Behavioral risk factors

  • Diet
    • Micronutrient deficiency (vital substances) – see Prevention with micronutrients.
  • Sexual transmission
    • Promiscuity (sexual contact with relatively frequently changing different partners or with parallel multiple partners).
    • Prostitution
    • Men who have sex with men (MSM).
    • Sexual contacts in the vacation country
    • Unprotected coitus (sexual intercourse)
  • The insertion of foreign bodies into the urethra.
  • Hygiene deficiencies – in the process, more often in women, germs can be carried from the intestine to the urethra