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What Causes Difficulty In Urination?

Posted on Mon, 6 Oct 2014

Question: My prostate is normal size, with no other issues; however, my urine flow feels slow and restricted. It almost feels like a filled funnel that has an extra narrow neck

Answered by Dr. Saumya Mittal (35 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Check urethra

Detailed Answer:
Hi

A slow stream of urine could be due to

a. prostate involvement- that you have already ruled out

b. the stricture of urethra- the passage through which the urine finally passes is the urethra. It is a tube like structure. This tube, with age or trauma or catheterization any time in the life may get thinner than usual. This is called stenosis. In fact the effect of the prostate involvement also comes from the compression of this tube by the prostate.

I will suggest that you go for a micturating cystourethrogram. This test will be able to tell us the actual dimensions of the urethra.
If found to be stenosed, you may have to undergo urethral dilatation

Best of luck
Dr Mittal

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Saumya Mittal (2 hours later)

Thank you

Answered by Dr. Saumya Mittal (7 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Regards

Detailed Answer:
You are welcome
Best wishes
Dr Mittal

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar