What’s Stranguria?

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Stranguria causes slow and painful urination, often due to urinary or bladder conditions. Seek medical help for treatment, which can range from antibiotics to surgery. Causes include kidney stones, infections, and even bladder cancer. Emotions can also affect the condition.

Stranguria is a bladder condition in which the patient experiences slow and painful urination. The need to urinate can feel overwhelming and urgent, but patients with this condition typically won’t be able to empty their bladder completely. This may be due to slow urination speed, pain associated with the condition, or both. More often than not, stranguria is an indication of one of many urinary or bladder conditions. Those suffering from this condition should seek medical help right away. Treatment usually depends on what’s causing the strangulation, which can range from very mild conditions to relatively serious conditions.

Other symptoms associated with strangulation can be dark, viscous urine and an uncontrollable tightening of the bladder and urethra. This is often caused by swelling and irritation of the urethral lining. In men, this irritation often manifests itself as inflamed, irritated skin around the head of the penis. Women may experience symptoms similar to a yeast infection, and both genders may notice thick discharge with urination. It is true that this can be caused by a simple urinary tract infection, but this condition should never be treated at home. Patients must see a doctor as soon as possible to get the correct treatment.

The causes of strangulation range from kidney stones and enlarged prostate to bacterial infections and even bladder cancer. If cancer is the cause, it’s usually an early sign of the disease, so those with this condition can be treated successfully. Strangulation can also be caused by something as simple as stress or anxiety. Emotions have long been known to affect systems in the body, so someone experiencing a very high amount of stress may suddenly find it difficult to use the bathroom. In these cases, treatment usually involves medication, possibly along with antibiotics and creams, to help the patient urinate more comfortably.

There is no treatment for strangulation. Usually, a doctor chooses a treatment based on what’s causing the condition. For a urinary tract infection, a doctor will likely prescribe an antibiotic. For kidney stones, he can remove the stones and then treat the patient with anti-inflammatory drugs. If you have an enlarged prostate, such as in older men, a doctor may not treat stranguria at all. Instead, he might prescribe treatment just for the prostate, expecting the bladder condition to resolve along with the prostate problems.

Those who have this condition due to cancer, a cyst on the bladder, or another serious condition may need to have surgery. As the patient recovers, dialysis may be needed to help the patient remove waste from her body. The doctor may also discuss treatment options, and in the case of more serious conditions, a patient may be treated with drug therapy.




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