萎缩性尿道炎是绝经期后老年妇女的常见病。国外学者对该病认识较早,国内文献论述尚少,常易误诊为尿路感染。随着老年病学的发展,认识到该病并非细菌感染,而是绝经期后内分泌失调引起尿道末端萎缩性变化所致,故又称绝经期后萎缩性尿道炎 Atrophic urethritis is a common disease in older women after menopause. Foreign scholars earlier cognizance of the disease, the domestic literature is still small, often misdiagnosed as urinary tract infection. With the development of geriatrics, to recognize that the disease is not a bacterial infection, but the endocrine disorders caused by menopause after atrophic urethral changes, it is also known as atrophic urethritis after menopause