What causes a burning sensation when urinating in men?

Abnormal urine should be taken seriously. The amount of urine, color and many abnormal manifestations can indicate some problems. Men's burning urine is usually caused by many reasons. Pay attention to personal hygiene, take a bath on time every day, eat light food, avoid getting angry, and adjust your mentality. What is the reason for men's burning urine? Let's take a look.

1. Why do men have a burning sensation when urinating?

If you feel a burning sensation in your urethra when you urinate, you should first suspect whether you have urethritis. Some urethritis can cause a burning sensation when you urinate, a burning or stinging sensation in your urethra, and urinary pain, frequent urination, urgency, purulent discharge from the urethral opening, etc. Urethritis that causes a burning sensation in your urethra when you urinate can be divided into gonococcal urethritis and non-gonococcal urethritis. The specific type of urethritis can only be determined after going to the hospital for examination. It is recommended that patients go to a regular hospital for examination and treatment as soon as possible.

2.What is urethritis?

Urethritis is a common disease, which refers to inflammation of the urethral mucosa. It is more common in women. Clinically, it can be divided into acute and chronic, non-specific urethritis and gonococcal urethritis. The latter two have similar clinical manifestations and must be distinguished based on medical history and bacteriological examination. It is mostly caused by pathogenic bacteria retrogradely invading the urethra.

3. Causes

Common causes of urethritis are as follows:

①Urethra injury: abrasion of the urethral mucosa caused by urethral instrument examination can destroy the defense function of the urethral mucosa and lead to bacterial infection;

② Foreign bodies in the urethra: Foreign bodies inserted from outside or stones in the urethra, etc., can cause urinary tract infection if they are delayed for a while;

③Urethra obstruction: such as stenosis of the foreskin, stenosis of the external urethral opening, stenosis of the urethra, posterior urethral valve, female hymen umbrella, fusion of the hymen at the urethral opening, etc., due to poor urination, urine accumulation in the urethra can cause urinary tract infection;

④ Inflammation of adjacent organs, such as prostatitis, seminal vesiculitis, vaginitis or cervicitis, can spread to the urethra, which is often a stubborn lesion of chronic posterior urethritis;

⑤ Often related to sexual life, unclean sexual life can easily cause urinary tract infection.