For some reason, Mother Nature had it in for women when she designed their external genitalia. I once heard someone compare the urethra, vagina, and rectum to a highway where the exit tamps are all too close together.
A fourth physical flaw can be added: the woman’s urethra, or the tube that leads from the bladder to the outside of the body, is very short compared to a man’s. This shortness is what helps create urinary tract infections, since the bacteria don’t have very far to travel before they start to cause an infection in the urethra. The major symptoms of a urinary tract infection are a burning pain during urination and foul-smelling urine. A urinary tract infection can occur in different parts of the urinary tract. An infection of the urethra is called urethritis; if it spreads to the bladder, a bladder infection can occur. An infection of either the bladder or the urethra can be quite painful. Because urethrtis is often caused by intercourse, when bacteria are pushed up into the urethra, it is often called honeymoon cystitis.
Rarely, the infection will proceed to the kidney; this condition is called pyelonephritis. This can cause permanent kidney damage, so it’s important to treat urethritis in the early stages before it has a chance to spread.
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