Dysuria
Dysuria refers to difficult urination. Painful urination is also sometimes, but rarely, described as dysuria.
It is one of a constellation of irritative bladder symptoms, which includes nocturia and urinary frequency.Differential diagnosis
This is typically described to be a burning or stinging sensation. It is most often a result of a urinary tract infection. It may also be due to an STD, bladder stones, bladder tumors, and virtually any condition of the prostate. It can also occur as a side effect of anticholinergic medication used for Parkinson's disease.Drugs and irritants
- Chemical irritants, e.g., soaps, tampons, toilet papers
- Drugs, e.g., anticholinergics, NSAIDs
- Capsaicin consumption, e.g., habanero peppers
Genital
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia
- Endometriosis
- Prostatic cancer
- Prostatitis
- Vaginitis
- Chlamydia
- Cystitis
- Hemorrhagic cystitis
- Kidney stones
- Malignancy, i.e., bladder cancer, prostatic cancer, or urethral cancer
- Prostatic enlargement, i.e., benign prostatic hyperplasia, prostatic cancer
- Prostatitis
- Pyelonephritis
- Sexually transmitted disease
- Trichomoniasis
- Urethral stricture
- Urethritis
- Urinary schistosomiasis
- Urinary tract infection caused by bacterial infection
Other
- Diverticulitis
- Hypotension
- Mass in the abdomen
- Reactive arthritis
- Acute intermittent porphyria
- Hereditary coproporphyria
- Variegate porphyria
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