Unpleasant sensations in the urethra(pain, pain when urinating) should always be alarming, as with untimely treatment there is, for example, the danger of developing chronic prostatitis, epididymitis, which cause infertility in men. Untimely detection of neoplastic diseases is even more dangerous.
To clarify the cause of discomfort during urination, the pain syndrome (character, localization, time of pain occurrence) contributes.
Note! The severity of the pathology does not depend on the severity of the pain syndrome. For example, in prostate cancer in the initial stages, there may not be any symptoms at all, and only later will moderate pains and difficulty in passing urine.
Sometimes a feeling of discomfort and unpleasant sensationsin the urethra occur after taking some medicines, acidic, spicy or alcoholic beverages. In women, unpleasant sensations in the urethra can be associated with diseases of the uterus and appendages, with the pressure of the enlarged uterus during pregnancy.
Burning in the urethra in men,accompanied by painful sensations when urinating, is a sign of urethritis. Urethritis is also characterized by the appearance of discharge from the urethra, most often in the morning. Depending on the pathogen that caused the development of urethritis, the discharge can be:
In the early days, discomfort inthe urethra is usually insignificant, however, as the inflammatory process progresses, their intensity increases. Urethritis is dangerous in terms of the development of inflammation in the bladder and kidneys, as well as in neighboring organs. Therefore, such symptoms as pain, pain in the urethra, should always be alarming and serve as an excuse for immediate medical attention.
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