What causes pain in the urethra when urinating?

If you have pain in the urethra when you urinate, you should pay more attention to it, because it may be caused by urethral disease, or other diseases, such as prostatitis, cystitis, etc. The stinging feeling when urinating is generally a symptom of the disease, so everyone should do the corresponding examination in time.

1. Urinary tract infection:

Urinary tract infection is one of the common causes of painful urination in men. In addition to painful urination, there are other symptoms, such as frequent urination, urgent urination, white urine, urethral stinging, redness and swelling, urethral burning, hematuria, dysuria, etc. Because there are many causes of urinary tract infection, the cause must be identified and treated accordingly.

2. Non-gonococcal urethritis:

Nongonococcal urethritis is also one of the common causes of urethral pain in men when urinating. It is also one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases in China and abroad. It is a type of urethritis (NGU) caused by infection with chlamydia, mycoplasma, etc. The main clinical manifestations are: urinary pain, frequent urination, white discharge from the urethra and urethral redness and swelling. Some patients may not have any symptoms.

3. Prostatitis, prostatitis, cystitis, foreign bodies, urethral stones, etc. may also cause symptoms of urethral pain during urination.

Urethritis often causes pain at the beginning of urination, while cystitis often causes more pain at the end of urination.