Burning when urinating in men can be caused by many diseases. In order to reliably establish the cause, a doctor's consultation is necessary. In this case, you can contact a therapist or urologist.
Features
The peculiarity of burning during urination in men in the head is that it refers to a concept such as dysuria - this is any discomfort during urination, which can be in the form of burning, itching, tingling, or pain. The concept involves burning only during urination and has the following features:
- The transition from burning to pain. Most often this occurs with severe damage to the urogenital system of a man.
- Incomprehensible discomfort in the lower abdomen during urination.
- Burning can be caused by harmless or dangerous factors.
- Burning when urinating can be a sign of serious illness.
- Typically, burning occurs suddenly when a man wants to urinate. Starting to do this, he feels a sharp onset of pain.
- It can continue for some time after the cessation of urination.
The peculiarity of burning during urination is that if you do not identify the cause of the discomfort, it can affect human health. And this means that in any case, if a man has any discomfort during urination, you should contact a urologist.
Main reasons
The main causes of burning during urination in men in the head are the presence and development of a wide variety of diseases that affect the urinary system, as well as inflammatory processes that occur against this background. The causes of burning are listed below:
- The development of cystitis, that is, inflammation of the bladder.
- Inflammation of the urethra, i.e. inflammation of the urinary canal.
- Urolithiasis, i.e. the presence of kidney stones of any size
- Infection with sexually transmitted diseases. In a particular case, infection with the bacteria syphilis and gonorrhea.
- The presence of any non-infectious pathology of the urinary system.
- Any other irritating factors that may affect the urinary system.
For example, aggressive personal hygiene products, which, irritating the mucous membrane of the urethra in a man, can cause obvious discomfort. Most often, burning sensation during urination increases with the development or amplification of the above diseases and influencing factors.
Blame prostatitis
Burning during urination may be the result of a serious illness. One of them that can cause it is called prostatitis. It comes in many forms. Common symptoms characteristic of prostatitis are listed below:
- discomfort, including pain in the scrotum, pubis, sacrum or lower back;
- burning and pain when urinating in the urethra;
- frequent urge to urinate;
- muscle tension in the perineum;
- general weakness of the body.
Often, at first, the main symptom is burning, but with the development of prostatitis, difficulty is also possible. It happens, and vice versa, that patients complain of increased urination. This factor will depend on the type of prostatitis. Burning with prostatitis is due to the presence of an inflammatory process in the prostate gland. And the intensity of discomfort will depend on the severity of its inflammation.
If the urethra is inflamed
Urethral inflammation can lead to many of the symptoms that characterize this disease. One of the first occurrences is the burning of the urethra, a common problem for men. Discomfort can develop due to various reasons, especially those associated with a change in the bacterial flora of the urethra are especially dangerous.
The bacterial cause of burning sensation during urination in men is dangerous in that it can be sexually transmitted from a partner. Most often, with an infectious type of development, discharge from the urethra comes out. The cause of development is non-specific inflammation. Burning does not appear immediately, but after the cells of the urethra are damaged. Especially the symptoms increase with such a pathology when the nerve in the penis is damaged.
Urolithiasis disease
Urolithiasis may not manifest itself before exacerbation and may occur during a routine examination. But there are times when urolithiasis can lead to a variety of symptoms. One of them is a characteristic burning sensation and frequent urination in men. It can spread along the urinary tract. These pains are associated with the presence of kidney stones that irritate the mucous membrane. The degree of burning directly depends on the size of the stones and their number, as well as on the cause of the occurrence. If they formed in an inflammatory way in the presence of bacteria, then in this case, burning is more pronounced.
Venereal diseases
Symptoms of venereal diseases in men are most often mild. But there are cases when they are treated with a symptom of discharge and burning when urinating. In men, both pathology and sexual infections can contribute to this phenomenon. The following sexually transmitted diseases can cause it:
- Chlamydia Infection with chlamydia, in addition to burning, can cause both minor pain and itching in the lower abdomen.
- Trichomoniasis Trichomonas, getting into the genitourinary system, can immediately cause a burning sensation when urinating.
- Candidiasis. With candidiasis in the initial stages, burning will be practically not observed, but in the last stages it most often becomes unbearable.
- Gonorrhea. This disease goes away without symptoms, but can be expressed by burning after the beginning of urination.
It should be remembered that if you feel these symptoms, you should immediately consult a doctor. Often men launch the aforementioned sexually transmitted diseases and treat with therapeutic methods, as with cystitis.
Cystitis
A burning sensation during urination can begin in the presence of a disease such as cystitis. Also, with this disease, other concomitant symptoms are possible, such as pain during urination, as well as pain in the bladder. In the chronic or acute stage of this disease, burning and cramps can be observed on an ongoing basis, and when urinating, unbearable pain may occur, which forces a person to reduce the amount of water consumed in order to reduce the number of forced urination.
The cause of burning with this disease can be stagnation of urine, as a result of which it concentrates and irritates the walls of both the bladder and the excretory channels. Another cause of burning with cystitis can be an infectious infection of the bladder with bacteria, such as chlamydia and Trichomonas. At the same time, microbes act on the walls of the bladder, creating discomfort during urination.
Harmless reasons
Also, burning during urination in men without secretions can occur due to reasons that do not pose a great danger to the whole body. For example, all sorts of influencing factors can become such, namely, they can occur when consuming harmful and specific products, such as vinegar, soda, margarine, alcohol, and drinks containing caffeine. These products can directly affect the male urethra when their concentration is exceeded in the urine.
As a rule, with the abolition of these influencing factors, a gradual restoration of the urethra and a decrease in burning during urination occur. Another reason may be a reaction to hygiene products, such as soap or shower gel. It is also worth looking at the quality of the condoms you use. If such a dependence is found, then you should refuse to use hygiene products of this type or brand and try others.
Prevention
Prevention of burning during urination in men consists of the following measures:
- Use a condom during intercourse or try to avoid promiscuous sexual intercourse.
- It is advisable to wear linen from fabrics of natural origin.
- Avoid all injuries of the penis. After treatment, you must consult a doctor to examine the condition of the walls of the urethra.
- Visit your doctor regularly for an examination to help determine if there are urethral pathologies that you need to pay attention to or not.
- Avoid diarrhea and constipation.
- Use high-quality personal care products that do not contain aggressive chemicals.
- Timely treatment of any infectious diseases of the reproductive system.
- Elimination of all sorts of pathologies of the reproductive system.
- Take foods and drugs that increase immunity, this will prevent the development of bacteria.
Drug treatment
Medication for burning during urination is reduced to the following measures:
- To remove the factor affecting the urinary system - to cure the disease, which causes a burning sensation.
- If you have changed personal hygiene products and the signs of burning have disappeared, then you should not read further. If the symptoms are caused by various kinds of diseases, then you should turn to pharmacy drugs or traditional medicine recipes.
Most often, burning causes the presence of inflammatory processes in the urinary system, which can be removed with the following non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs:
- Ibuprofen
- "Paracetamol";
- Nimesulide;
- "Ketorolac";
- Ketoprofen;
- Diclofenac.
But if the burning sensation during urination is caused not only by inflammation, but also by the presence of a pathogen, then it is necessary to fight it. Most often, the bacteria Trichomonas and Cocci cause a burning sensation during urination. The medications that are used to destroy them are listed below:
A) in the presence of cocci:
- "Cefixime";
- Ciprofloxacin;
- Ofloxacin;
- Ceftriaxone;
- Spectinomycin.
B) in the presence of Trichomonas:
- Metronidazole;
- Ornidazole
- "Tinidazole";
- Tenonitrosol;
- "Secnidazole".
Also, the burning sensation during urination can cause the following diseases, which must be treated differently:
- Cystitis.
- Prostatitis.
- Urolithiasis disease.
Treatment of urolithiasis, cystitis and prostatitis primarily comes down to reducing inflammation with the above non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and then eliminating the cause of the disease.
Folk remedies
Another way to treat burning sensation during urination in men is to use the following products:
- A decoction of nettle leaves.
- Tincture of hop cones.
- Tincture of St. John's wort and plantain leaves.
- Chamomile decoction.
- Tincture of leaves and flowers of hernia.
The above tinctures and decoctions can be combined and changed until you feel the effect of their use. They are most often taken in a glass 4 times a day before meals. If the cause of burning is a mild inflammation, then the above tinctures can cope with it, and if you have a more serious disease, you will have to resort to the above medications.