If there is pain while urinating

Many people know the pain when urinating. Such pain can occur both periodically and in rare cases. In this case, a person feels a burning sensation in the urethra, a constant urge to urinate. If there is pain when urinating, you need to see a doctor, because the cause of such conditions can be very serious.

Pain in the urethra is due to inflammation. In this case, pus appears from the outer orifice of the urethra.

Painful urination suggests that a person has stones in the genitourinary tract. Most often, the stones get stuck in the lumen of the urethra, causing interruption of the urine stream, which causes pain. Determine the magnitude of the stone and its location through palpation of the urinary canal. In men, stones linger in the expansion of the urethra - in the head of the penis. The occurrence of pain in urolithiasis depends on the location of the focus of inflammation.

The cause of pain in the urethra

Pain in the urethra is most often a symptom of inflammation( urethritis, cystitis, prostatitis, etc.), urolithiasis, venereal disease and sometimes tumors of the urogenital tract. Also, the presence of various bacteria, parasites, viruses, fungi can cause pain.

Causes of pain in the genitourinary system, both in women and men can be:

• Chlamydia;
• Gonorrhea;
• Trichomoniasis;
• Urethritis;
• Prostatitis;
• Cystitis;
• Urolithiasis.

Characteristics of certain diseases

Chlamydia is a venereal infectious disease. Occurs when chlamydia appears in the urinary and reproductive system.

Gonorrhea is also a sexually transmitted disease. The causative agent of this infection is gonococcus( diplococcus).This infection extends to the urogenital organs, which are covered with epithelial tissue: the cervix, rectum, urethra, sometimes captures the conjunctiva.

The palm of the championship in the frequency of diseases "holds" trichomoniasis. He is also a sexually transmitted disease. The infection is trichomonads. Women often suffer from a vagina, in men - in the prostate and seminal vesicles. However, in the first stage of the disease, in patients of both sexes there is a process of inflammation of the urethra, and as a result painful sensations appear. Infection with trichomoniasis occurs through sexual contact with a patient with this disease, or with a person who is the carrier of infections.

Mycoplasmosis pathogen is a special microorganism. Infection, as a rule, causes painful urination, unpleasant sensations in the groin or in the prostate gland. However, it can not be manifested in any way. Mycoplasmosis, a person can become infected with sexual intercourse, an infected mother can transmit mycoplasmosis to her child during childbirth.

Urethritis is an inflammation of the urethra in people of both sexes, which is characterized by purulent discharge, pain in the area of ​​the urogenital canal. With urethritis, there is frequent pain with urination or constant discomfort in this area. The characteristic constant pain is most often caused by colliculitis - an inflammatory process in the region of the seminal tubercle - which is a kind of male urethritis.

Prostate tissue inflames prostate tissue, swollen prostate gland. Most often, this formidable disease occurs in young men between the ages of twenty and fifty. The flow of this disease directly depends on what other infections have suffered, or is sick at the moment, the patient.

Cystitis( inflammation of the bladder) - is a very common disease among women. The disease has very unpleasant symptoms, which give the woman a lot of suffering. This is a very painful urination, and a constant burning sensation in the lower genital tract. The started cystitis develops into pyelonephritis - inflammation of the kidneys, and it is much more difficult to treat it. Therefore, with the first symptoms of cystitis, you should immediately consult a doctor.

The presence of dense formations( concretions) in various organs of our body is called "urolithiasis".Stones can be formed both in infants and in old people. Symptoms of urolithiasis are: pain in the lower abdomen, turning to the genitals( perineum), painful urination. Often the pain appears even when moving.

However, pain in the urethra can cause other infections, as well as various injuries, chemical poisoning. When urinating, pain does not always indicate inflammatory processes in the urethra. The reasons can be various: various changes in the metabolism( ureateria), pain can appear when moving stones on the urinary canal.

The nature of the pain

By the nature of the pain, it can be assumed in which area the stones are: if the pain occurs when walking or in the "sitting" position, this indicates that the calculus is in the posterior region of the urinary canal. The repeated development of urethritis only confirms this diagnosis.

Another cause of pain in the urethra area in women is caruncles( polyps) - neoplasms in the urinary canal area. They bleed profusely and cause severe pain during intercourse, as they are located at the very opening of the urinary canal.

All these inflammatory diseases of the genitourinary sphere lead to many unpleasant consequences: infertility, lack of potency, menstrual cycle disorders. There is no point in engaging in self-medication, because basically it leads to the emergence of new diseases. Nowadays, when people take antibacterial and anti-inflammatory medications uncontrollably, such diseases can go on without symptoms and it is very difficult for a person to understand that he is ill. Therefore, it is necessary to undergo preventive examinations with a doctor as often as possible. Now, when people do not suffer more "information hunger", we can prepare for a visit to the doctor, comparing the symptoms with a diagnosis via the Internet. This greatly facilitates the patient's communication with the attending physician.