Urethra

The urethra is a thin, fibromuscular tube that begins at the lower end of the bladder to the urinary meatus the outside of the body.

The primary function of the urethra is to transport urine from the bladder to external urethral orifice to empty the bladder.

In both men and women, common causes of urethral pain include sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), urinary tract infections (UTIs), urethritis(inflammation of the urethra), urethral syndrome(discomfort in the tube carrying urine outside the body), urethral cancer, urethral carbuncle(mass in the urethra usually in menopausal females), prostatitis(in men as the urethra passes through the prostate).

Symptoms that can accompany pain in the urethra include:

• Itching
• Inability to urinate
• Frequent need to urinate
• Burning sensation during urination
• Blood in the urine or semen
• Unusual discharge
• Unusual vaginal discharge
• fever and chills

Tests for urethritis are:

• Physical examination, 
• Urine tests for gonorrhea, chlamydia, or other bacteria.
• Examination of any discharge under a microscope.
• vaginal culture 
• cystoscopy
• nucleic acid amplification test for bacterias

Treatment for urethritis involves antibiotics.

The diseases that affect Urethra are as below:

• Urethral cancer - a rare cancer that happens more often in men.
• Urethral stricture - narrowing of the urethral opening.
• Urethritis - inflammation of the urethra, sometimes caused by infection.
• Urethral carbuncle-mass formation in the urethra

Urethral stricture is a narrowing or blocking of the urethra leaving no path for the urine to leave the body. Men with stricture have increasing discomfort while urinating and a slowing of the urinary stream.This develops gradually and leads to pushing or straining to get urine out. 

Urethral stricture is the blocking or narrowing of the urethra. The most common causes are either chronic inflammation or injury. Scar tissue can gradually form:

• An injury to the penis or scrotum or a straddle injury(fall wherein the legs are on the either side) to the scrotum or perineum.
• infection, most often sexually transmitted diseases like chlamydia.
• Catheters or instruments placed into the urethra during surgery or procedures.

The infection symptoms usually settle within a day or two after starting the treatment. In case of a kidney infection the symptoms take a little longer to get better.

Urologists treat diseases and conditions in the kidneys, bladder, urinary tract and male reproductive system.

Urethra it is inflammation of the urethra. It occurs mainly due to bacterial infection and antibiotics will help cure the patient.Urethra is the tube that carries urine from the bladder to outside the body. Pain with urination is the main symptom.

The urethral tears rarely heal without surgery. The treatment will help avoid some complication.

Depending on the exact location and the extent of damage, the urethra will be repaired by either replacing the issue with tissue from another part of the body, or by taking out the damaged portion of the urethra and then reconnecting the urethral tube.