Urethroscopy after Urethritis

Urethroscopy after Urethritis.

Prostatitis after urethritis in Singapore.

Prostatitis is usually more common after nongonococcal urethritis (NGU) than after gonococcal urethritis (King, 1964; British Medical3Journal, 1972; Schofield, 1972). Observations made during the early part of a tour of duty in 1970 as Venereologist at the British Military Hospital in Singapore suggested that the reverse might be the case there. It was, therefore, decided to examine the prostat...

Non-specific urethritis.

Asymptomatic non-specific urethritis.

Non-specific urethritis is without doubt the commonest form of urethritis in men. The reported figures of cases of non-gonococcal urethritis for England and Wales, since they were first recorded separately in 1951, have steadily increased from 10,794 to 35,721 in 1968 (Department of Health and Social Security, 1969). The majority of these cases of non-gonococcal urethritis are non-specific in n...

Non-specific Urethritis*

The editorial of a recent number of the British Journal of Venereal Diseases (1953) stressed the problem of non-specific urethritis. The prevalence of the disease was noted, namely 10,794 new male cases in 1951 compared with 14,975 new male cases of gonorrhoea. Mention is then made of the possibility of a virus, and of organisms of the pleuropneumonia group being the cause. In conclusion it is ...