What causes stinging pain when men urinate?

When men have some diseases, they tend to feel a stinging sensation when urinating, which leads to a fear of defecation and drinking less water to reduce the frequency of going to the toilet. This reaction will aggravate the stimulation of inflammation. But what factors usually cause the stinging sensation? Some patients may be confused about this, so let me explain it in detail.

1. Prostatitis. If you are a driver, IT professional or someone who often sits to work, and you experience lower abdominal discomfort before and after urinating with stinging pain, and often have secretions at the urethra after squeezing, then you may have prostatitis and need to go to the hospital immediately to collect prostatic fluid and culture it for diagnosis.

2. Sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhea or genital warts. If you have a history of unclean sexual behavior and then experience urinary pain, increased urethral secretions, and rashes and bumps on the penis, the most likely problem is that you have a sexually transmitted disease such as gonorrhea or genital warts.

3. Inflammation of the urethra or bladder. If the stinging pain during urination occurs at the beginning of urination, and sometimes there is difficulty in urination, it is most likely urethritis; if the pain occurs before the end of urination, it may be an inflammation of the bladder.

Patients need to do urine tests to confirm the diagnosis. If acute prostatitis with stinging urination has formed prostate abscess, transrectal or perineal incision and drainage should be performed. If dysuria or urinary retention occurs, temporary suprapubic cystostomy should be performed to drain urine, or a thin and soft silicone catheter should be used for indwelling catheterization. In addition, patients can pay attention to dietary arrangements to relieve stinging urination and prevent recurrence.

According to the factors mentioned by the editor, patients can analyze and speculate which type they belong to according to their own situation, and go to the hospital for examination if necessary. The editor also needs to remind patients to drink more boiled water or chrysanthemum tea and maintain good hygiene, because increasing urine output can help relieve the inflammation of the infection.