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Nongonococcal Urethritis or Nonspecific urethritis:

What is it?.

Non-specific urethritis (NSU), and is sometimes known as non-gonorrhea urethritis (nego).

It describes inflammation of the urethra (the tube in the penis that carries urine from the bladder to outside the body) when it is not the reason he did not know when and gonorrhea has been ruled out as a cause.

In nearly 50 per cent of cases, further testing and identifies the chlamydia bacteria and the underlying cause. Other organisms that may be responsible include the following:

* Human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes genital warts
* Herpes simplex virus (HSV), which causes genital herpes
* Trichomonas vaginalis, the parasite that causes trichomoniasis


What are the symptoms?.

A man with experience and the Negotiations Support Unit has a sense of burning or discomfort when passing water, particularly first thing in the morning, a slight decline, and white, cloudy liquid discharge from the penis, discomfort and vague general of the penis, redness / pain at the opening of the urethra.

However, it may not lead to infection of any symptoms at all. When this is the case for infection may be discovered until it causes additional problems such as prostatitis (inflammation of the prostate gland), epididymo - testicular (inflammation of the testicles and epididymis, and pipes carrying winding and storage of sperm), or arthritis.

If these complications do not develop only after that can also be detected when men have symptoms, the risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
Who is affected?.
Negotiations Support Unit is one of the sexually transmitted diseases, most common in men. Men can at any age to be affected. They increase the risk of infection and other sexually transmitted diseases, if the practice of unprotected sex with multiple partners.

Women infected by a man with the Negotiations Support Unit in the risk of chlamydia, which can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease and cause infertility.

How to diagnose?.

When suspected Negotiations Support Unit, and the diagnosis is confirmed by taking swabs from the urethra and through the test sample of urine. Other sexually transmitted diseases and will be tested for in the same time.

It is important that sexual partners be tested too, otherwise the infection may be passed directly to the back.
What is the treatment?.

Infection can be treated easily with antibiotics and medicines, or anti-virus, depending on which organism is causing the problem. While taking medication, and even infection has been cleared, it is best to avoid sexual contact.