<;P>;PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a housing tube for a catheter securely protecting the housed catheter therein and surely preventing the catheter from being damaged when the housed catheter is pulled out. <;P>;SOLUTION: The housing tube for the catheter 1 includes a tube-shaped tube body 2 to house the catheter 20 therein. The tube body 2 of the housing tube for the catheter 1 includes a base end folded-back part 22 that is an edge of a tube wall 23 outwardly folded back at least once. <;P>;COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT