Dysuria
Symptoms
Pain can be an annoying when you experience it every time you urinate. Since urinating is a daily activity, you might find yourself dreading bathroom visits and eventually avoiding them altogether, which can make things worse. What’s being described here is known as dysuria.
This is a medical term used to describe uncomfortable or painful urination. This pain can occur before and after you urinate. Some people say they have an irritating or burning feeling in the tube where the urine comes out of the body, called the urethra. Other people have pain in their abdomen, flank, or back.
They may complain of feeling like they have to urinate several times a day (urinary frequency) or like they have to urinate immediately (urinary urgency); however, when they go to the bathroom, very little urine comes out. Men are also more likely than women to complain of taking longer to begin urinating even though they feel the urge to go (called urinary hesitancy).
Treatment
Treatment of dysuria depends on its cause:
Cystitis and pyelonephritis — These infections, usually caused by bacteria, can be cured with antibiotics taken by mouth. Antibiotics may be given into a vein (intravenously) for severe pyelonephritis with high fever, shaking chills and vomiting.
Urethritis — Urethritis is treated with antibiotics. The type of antibiotic used depends on which infection causes the urethritis.
Vaginitis — Trichomoniasis and bacterial vaginosis are treated with antibiotics. Yeast infections are treated with antifungal drugs, either as a pill by mouth or as a suppository or cream inserted into the vagina.
If you are sexually active and are being treated for dysuria caused by a sexually transmitted disease, your sex partners must be treated, too.