The sudden appearance of itching in the urethra can indicate a variety of diseases of the urinary tract or male reproductive organs. Usually itchy sensation is not the only uncomfortable manifestation, but is accompanied by a whole complex of characteristic symptoms. It can be a burning sensation or soreness. Itching in the urethra often proves such pathologies as urethritis, trichomoniasis, chlamydia or gonorrhea.
Causes of itching
The appearance of itching in the urethra can cause a lot of pathologies, more often of a venereal nature:
Gonorrhea
If the causes of itching sensation in the urethra are caused by gonorrhea, these signs usually appear at the very beginning of the pathology, followed by burning, soreness and purulent discharge, which have a very unpleasant odor. Later, a man begins to experience pain during urination and sexual intercourse, there is an increase in the overall temperature and an increase in lymph nodes in the groin. It is highly recommended to treat gonorrhea at its very beginning, since this pathology has a negative effect on the entire genitourinary sphere.
A burning-itching sensation in the urethra can be caused by taking medication or some foods eaten the day before. These include spicy-sour drinks, coffee or tea, alcohol.
Trichomoniasis
Like gonorrhea, trichomoniasis has a sexual transmission mechanism. It can also be asymptomatic, but one of the first signs is the sensation of itching in the urethra. Then there is uncomfortable burning and soreness during the urination process. Usually this pathology is accompanied by various diseases of bacterial nature. If the necessary therapy is not available, many serious complications may develop.
Urethritis
Itching in the urethra is often a testament to the development of urethritis, a urological pathology associated with inflammatory processes in the urethra. In this case, the itching is accompanied by a cutting pain and burning sensation when urinating, often radiating to the head of the penis and groin area. In addition to this, urethritis is characterized by secretions of various shades( from white to greenish), often accompanied by an unpleasant specific smell.
Chlamydia
This is a sexually transmitted pathology, which is also characterized by signs of itching in the urethra, accompanied by burning and soreness. This symptomatology usually manifests itself in full force when emptying the bladder. Chlamydia refers to very dangerous pathologies, and in the absence of proper therapy it is capable of provoking pathological disorders of the functions of the male reproductive system.
Attention! The feeling of itching in the urethra often appears due to the already existing pathology in the man, therefore such deviations require compulsory medical consultation.
Candidiasis
This pathology, often called urogenital thrush, is rare among men, but it can also cause itching in the urethra. The clinical picture of candidiasis is supplemented by the release of specific cheeses of curdled consistency that emit the smell of stale fish. When urinating, a man experiences burning pain, giving away in the groin. The absence of treatment of urogenital candidiasis is fraught with complications such as urethritis or prostatitis.
In addition to the listed pathological conditions, itching can cause various kinds of chronic pathologies, urethral injuries, hypothermia, neoplasms, or frequent changes in sex partners in the urethra.
Methods of eliminating itching
To begin with, you should give up sexual intercourse and consult a sexually transmitted infection with your sexual partner. In accordance with the diagnosis, specialists prescribe the necessary treatment. If the itching in the urethra occurred against the background of a venereal disease, therapy with drugs with a broad spectral effect from the group of antibiotics is indicated. In cases when the cause of such sensations was urethritis, in addition to antibiotics, washing of the urethra with solutions of antiseptic action is indicated, as well as instillation of medicinal preparations into the urethra.
Caution! Self-medication with itching sensations in the urethra is very dangerous, because the disease that caused such deviations can go into a chronic course.
If the itching of the urethra is caused by gonorrhea, which is often combined with chlamydia, then treatment is done with antibiotics such as Cefixime, Ofloxacin, or Ciprofloxacin together with Doxycycline or Azithromycin. Such therapy is used in uncomplicated disease, if there is chronicization, then the treatment uses several varieties of antibiotic drugs. Procedures such as laser physiotherapy are also prescribed. To strengthen the protective forces of the male body immunotherapy is prescribed to the patient. Sexual acts during the whole therapeutic process are excluded, and treatment is carried out at two partners simultaneously.
