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What Does Slight Pain And Bleeding From The Urethra Mean?
Question: I have a tiny pain and minute blood in my urethra. Can you tell me what my symptoms indicate? My email address is: YYYY@YYYY
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Detailed Answer:
Hello,
How do you know that there is blood in the urethra - did some show up when you wiped?
It could be due to a bladder infection or urethritis. Blood in the urine can also happen from stones. If you are sure it came from the urethra and not the vagina, you can go in to your doctor or an urgent care clinic and give a urine specimen for urinalysis.
If there is an infection, and if you are otherwise well, no fevers or flank pain, you can try to treat it with drinking copious water and cranberry juice or cranberry capsules. I recommend reconstituting your own cranberry juice from concentrate to try to avoid the excessive amounts of sugar in the prepared juice.
If there is no infection but there is presence of blood on the urinalysis, then an evaluation is in order. This would involve imaging studies to see what the cause could be, which can include stones, growths, and problems with the kidneys.
Sometimes there can be a little bit of bleeding from irritation of the urethra in postmenopausal women, and a small amount of topical estrogen can help that.
I hope this information helps. Please let me know if I can provide further information.
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Detailed Answer:
Hello,
How do you know that there is blood in the urethra - did some show up when you wiped?
It could be due to a bladder infection or urethritis. Blood in the urine can also happen from stones. If you are sure it came from the urethra and not the vagina, you can go in to your doctor or an urgent care clinic and give a urine specimen for urinalysis.
If there is an infection, and if you are otherwise well, no fevers or flank pain, you can try to treat it with drinking copious water and cranberry juice or cranberry capsules. I recommend reconstituting your own cranberry juice from concentrate to try to avoid the excessive amounts of sugar in the prepared juice.
If there is no infection but there is presence of blood on the urinalysis, then an evaluation is in order. This would involve imaging studies to see what the cause could be, which can include stones, growths, and problems with the kidneys.
Sometimes there can be a little bit of bleeding from irritation of the urethra in postmenopausal women, and a small amount of topical estrogen can help that.
I hope this information helps. Please let me know if I can provide further information.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
What is urethritis?
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Detailed Answer:
It's inflammation of the urethra itself, the tube that connects the bladder with the outside. It can become infected, or it can become irritated from mechanical irritation or lack of estrogen.
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Detailed Answer:
It's inflammation of the urethra itself, the tube that connects the bladder with the outside. It can become infected, or it can become irritated from mechanical irritation or lack of estrogen.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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