Urogenital tuberculosis is a form of
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that affects the urogenital system.
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Urogenital tuberculosis is a form of
tuberculosisTuberculosis is a common and often deadly infectious disease caused by mycobacteria...
that affects the urogenital system.
Epidemiology
It usually strikes young adults with tuberculosis in other places of the body as well. It is common in Asia, but less common in sub-Saharan Africa.
Symptoms
- Persistent cystitis
Cystitis is inflammation of the urinary bladder. The condition more often affects women, but can affect either sex and all age groups.-Types:There are several types of cystitis:...
, unresponsive to antibiotics.
- Urinary frequency
- Dysuria
In medicine, specifically urology, dysuria refers to painful urination.Difficult urination is also sometimes described as dysuria.It is one of a constellation of irritative bladder symptoms, which includes urinary frequency and haematuria.-Causes:...
- Loin discomfort
- Malaise and general symptoms of tuberculosis
Tuberculosis is a common and often deadly infectious disease caused by mycobacteria...
However, the infection arises insidiously, going long time without symptoms.
Other signs
- Pus cells and red cells in the urine, but no bacterial growth on routine bacterial culture
- Painless intermittent microscopic haematuria
- A painless, non-tender, irregular, and sometimes fluctuating mass on one side of the scrotum
In some male mammals the scrotum is a protuberance of skin and muscle containing the testicles. It is an extension of the abdomen, and is located between the penis and anus. In humans and some other mammals, the base of the scrotum becomes covered with curly pubic hairs at puberty...
.
Pathogenesis
The infection may affect the kidneys, ureter and bladder and may cause significant damage to each.
Complications
Urogenital tuberculosis may cause strictures of the ureter, which, however, may heal when infection is treated.