does anyone know what this means?

[genealogymad]

hi
have just received a deat hcert with the following on it
cause of death
1) stucture of urethra
2) cystitis and septacaemia

i know what the urethra is and cystitis and septacaemia - but what does stucture mean?
i have searched through several archaic medical term sites to no avail.

thanks

[KateJones]

It couldn't be Stricture could it? I can't see anything on the Internet for Stucture, except wrongly spelled Structure. However, there's lots for Stricture.
Regards

[Neil Wilson]

How old was the person?
It might relate to a blockage of the urethra caused by cystitis and septacaemia.

[Peter Goodey]

A urethral stricture is a fibrous narrowing of the urethra, usually resulting from injury or inflammation.

[Bo Peep]

Oh, that sounds so painful!

[Mike Fear]

Stricture of the urethra was one of the causes of my grandmothers death it is a narrowing of the urethea

[genealogymad]

kate,
well it is spelt at stucture but now you mention it i have heard of stricture. many thanks.
louise

[genealogymad]

neil
he was 69 and it seems youve hit the nail on the head as i have had severa lreplies saying the same thing. many thanks
louise

[genealogymad]

peter,
thanks too for your instant settling of my problem!

[genealogymad]

bo peep
no dont like the sound of it either!

[paul1801]

If they had a stricture of the urethra which has been discussed they would have not been able to pass urine, this would then have "backed up" to the kidneys causing renal failure and sepsis,
or
it may refer to a urine infection whereby it can difficult to pass anything thereby also eventually causing sepsis.

Paul

[genealogymad]

paul
thanks very much for your very celar explanation of the problem.

louise