One of the most important physiological processes that occur in the human body is urination. Thanks to it toxins and harmful substances are eliminated.
Normally, the outflow of urine should occur continuously and stably. It accumulates in the bladder before exiting the body. If a man does not observe any violations and deviations, all processes occur in a certain sequence and do not cause any inconvenience.
If, during urination, there is pain, stinging, burning sensation - it is necessary to suspect the presence of inflammation of the urethra, or urethra. This disease is called urethritis and is fairly widespread both among men and women.
When should I contact a urologist?
You should not postpone treatment to a specialist if you have the following symptoms:
- Pain in the lower abdomen, perineum, lower back;
- Duration of symptoms more than 2 days;
- Weakness, fever, deterioration of working capacity.
- Unpleasant sensations of pain, pain and burning accompanying the process of urination;
- The presence of atypical secretions from the vagina of a woman and from the penis of a man.
Causes of pain when urinating in men
Pain and burning in the urethra of men is usually a sign of such diseases:
- urethritis;
- cystitis;
- prostatitis;
- pyelonephritis;
- gonorrhea;
- chlamydia.
All of them are infectious diseases. But there are still non-infectious diseases, accompanied by this symptom. These include:
- urolithiasis;
- phimosis;
- tumors of the urinary system;
- ureter blockage;
- of renal colic;
- trauma to the urethra;
- irritation of the external opening of the urethra;
- surgical intervention;
- is a neurogenic burning sensation;
- is a strong hypothermia of the body.
Burning and pain when urinating in men can be caused by various diseases. Painful sensations can be sharp, strong and almost not felt, often they are accompanied by secretions from a urethra, edemas.
To determine what triggered the onset of this symptom and begin appropriate treatment, you need to see a doctor for a survey. Prescribe yourself drugs, and do self-medication at home can not in any case.
Urolithiasis
Urolithiasis, or urolithiasis, is characterized by the presence of concrements in any of the organs of the genitourinary system. This disease affects people of any gender and age, from childhood to senile. If the stones are formed in the bladder, patients can complain of pain when urinating or moving, radiating to the genitals and perineal zone.
It is characteristic for urolithiasis and too frequent a need to empty the bladder, spontaneously arising during physical effort, walking, while jogging. During deurinization, the jet may suddenly run out( with no feeling of complete emptying of the bladder), and resume only after the human body has taken a different position - the so-called."Syndrome of pawning".
Urethritis
Inflammation of the urethra. Causes of the disease - infection with Trichomonas, Chlamydia, Escherichia coli, fungi. The first symptoms appear after 1-4 weeks, they include:
- painful urination;
- appearance of cuts, itching, which accompany this process;
- from the urethra, there are discharges mixed with pus;they are mucous, in some cases they can detect blood;
- the external aperture of the urethra coalesces, it is strongly irritated.
Body temperature, chills, may rise. If urethritis is not treated, it can go on to chronic form, provoke inflammation in the prostate and bladder, become the culprit in the development of epididymitis, orchitis, urethral stricture, colliculitis.
Prostatitis
The sedentary work can lead to the development of inflammation. That's why this disease is getting younger every year, now prostatitis can appear in men from 25 to 80 years.
With prostatitis in a man besides the feeling of discomfort in the urethra, the following symptoms may appear:
- frequent urge to urinate;
- urine with an admixture of blood;
- pain in the penis, testicles, rectum;
- problems with potency;
- drawing pains in the lower abdomen;
- urinary retention.
The chronic form of prostatitis manifests itself in the form of soreness during walking or sitting. When you suddenly get up from a sitting position, or just with fast movements, you get uncomfortable sensations around the waist.
Cystitis
Burning during urination is typical for cystitis - an inflammatory process on the mucosa of the bladder. Although this ailment is more familiar to the female population, it also occurs in representatives of the stronger sex. Suspicions for cystitis occur if a person has complaints of frequent painful urination, pain in the lower abdomen and darkening of the urine.
STDs
With the development of STDs( gonorrhea, herpes, trichomoniasis, chlamydia, ureaplasmosis and mycoplasmosis), painful urination is combined with signs of sexually transmitted diseases. Gonorrhea is characterized by mucous or mucopurulent, abundant discharge, in men - from the urethra, in women - from the urethra and vagina;with herpes and trichomoniasis there is a strong itching and swelling of the genital organs, but the scarce is separable, in men - in the form of a drop. The diagnosis is confirmed by the PCR method.
Pain after urinating in men
It happens that as if by itself, there is a pain when urinating at the end in men. This indicates inflammatory processes in the urethra and bladder. The reasons why it is painful to write at the end of urination to a man often become:
- inflamed mucous membrane of the urethra or bladder, similarly reacting to
- passage of urine with contraction of the muscles of the bladder;
- by the presence of sand or stones in the urine, injuring the bladder and urethra during passage;
- narrowing of the urethra due to prostate adenoma, tumor or prostatitis.
Diagnosis
A very important diagnostic symptom is the time of pain when urinating:
- At the very beginning of urination, soreness indicates the inflammatory process of the initial urethra.
- After complete emptying, soreness occurs( and for some time keeps) with changes in the prostate or cervical area of the bladder.
- Before urination, tenderness arises with cystitis, overgrowth, tumors and a decrease in the volume of vesica urinaria( pimple).
- During the whole process of urination, discomfort is manifested with a contraction of the bladder or it is characteristic for oncology or cystitis.
How to treat pain and burning when urinating in men
Treatment depends entirely on the diagnosis made during the diagnosis. Mainly eliminating the causes of infection - selected antibiotics, antiviral and antifungal drugs. There are such complicated cases when the man shows emergency surgical treatment, for example, a tumor in the bladder, concrements in the bladder or polyps of the urethra.
It is very important during their intake to drink plenty of fluids( if there are no contraindications from the kidneys and the endocrine system) to allow toxins to leave the body unhindered. It is not necessary to drink drinks that stimulate urge to urinate( coffee, hot chocolate, carbonated drinks, alcohol), and it is better to choose in favor of fruit cocktails from sour berries( cranberries, cowberry) and decoctions of various herbs( chamomile, dog rose).