Question

What do urethritis, prostatitis, epididymitis, and orchiditis have in common?

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is b. All of these conditions can be caused by sexually transmitted infections.

Explanation:

Inflammation of urethra is called urethritis which is mostly caused by bacterial infection. Neisseria gonorrhea and is the most common bacterial cause of urethritis. It is mostly transmitted sexually.

Prostatitis is the condition in which prostate gland swells due to sexually transmitted bacterial infection like Neisseria gonorrhea or Chlamydia.

Epididymis is a hollow tube that carries the sperm from the testes. When this tube swells due to bacterial infection mostly from Neisseria gonorrhea or Chlamydia then the condition is called epididymitis. Orchiditis is the swelling of testes due to epididymitis.

Thus, all can be transmitted sexually so the correct answer is b. All of these conditions can be caused by sexually transmitted infections.