Urinary tract infections, or UTIs, are very common. According to the Cleveland Clinic, 20 percent of women, and 1 to 2 percent of children, will develop one at some point. Sometimes called bladder infections, UTIs occur when bacteria from outside...
Painful urination, also known as dysuria, describes any pain, discomfort or burning sensation when passing urine. The pain is usually felt in the urinary outlet of the bladder known as the urethra or the area surrounding the genitals known as the...
Painful urination is felt as pain or a burning sensation with urination. The discomfort is felt in the areas of the urethra, which is the tube that carries urine out of the bladder, or in the perineum, the area between the anus and the genitals....
Frequent urination is the urge to urinate more often than normal during the day, at night or both. During urination, a person with frequent urination may void a normal or less than normal amount of urine. Dysuria, or painful urination, is a...
Painful urination is not just a condition that affects adults. Children can have burning or stinging when urinating, as well as an increased in the need to urinate. These symptoms range in severity and signify either an infection or a temporary...
Any kind of pain, pressure, discomfort or burning sensation that occurs during urination should always be evaluated by a physician. The cause of painful urination or dysuria can be diagnosed through a physical exam that includes reviewing the...
Clementines are small sweet seedless mandarin oranges. While you might not expect eating clementine oranges to cause painful urination, clementines are citrus fruits, and citrus can be irritating to the bladder. This irritation may worsen symptoms...
Pain when urinating is described by MedlinePlus as any sensation of pain, discomfort or burning. Pain during urination is a common symptom that is most often caused by an infection of one of the structures in the urinary tract, which includes the...
Painful and frequent urination are two relatively common symptoms that often indicate an infection somewhere within your urinary tract. According to MayoClinic.com, painful and frequent urination may occur in conjunction with other urinary tract...
Coffee is one of the most widely-consumed beverages in the world. From lattes to instant coffee and espresso to decaffeinated coffee, the size and contents of different drinks varies considerably. If you suffer from painful urination, coffee has...
Jalapeno peppers are spicy and can actually cause pain, or a burning sensation, in your mouth, down your throat and in your stomach, and they can cause painful bowel movements and urination. Not everyone who eats jalapenos experiences the pain and...
A 2-year-old who is vomiting may have the stomach flu, food poisoning, an intestinal illness, a severe cough, a bladder infection or an intestinal obstruction. All of these conditions have specific signs and symptoms. Some are self-limiting and...
Painful urination can occur due to several medical conditions and diseases, including a urinary tract infection. Although treatment of painful urination varies depending on the cause of the problem, drinking cranberry juice can be helpful in...
Abdominal pain when running is a common complaint with many athletes. Anything from a muscle strain to a side stitch can result in a cramp-like pain along the side of your torso. But when this abdominal pain is accompanied by the production of...
Having a painful urination could be due to numerous conditions, from a simple urinary tract infection to a sexually transmitted disease. When the burning, or painful, sensation begins may vary from individual to individual. There's no set time...
Flank pain on one side while urinating is a symptom consistent with a kidney stone, or nephrolithiasis. Kidney stones form when materials in the urine build up in the kidney. The resulting stone can block the urine flow and cause waves of pain...
Your bladder is a major component of your urinary tract, serving to hold urine prior to urination. It is composed of muscles and controlled by nerves. Sometimes your bladder can retain urine and you are unable to urinate. In other instances, your...
The urinary system consists of two kidneys, two ureters to connect the kidneys to the bladder, the bladder to hold the urine and the urethra to connect the bladder to outside the body. An infection or other condition affecting any portion of the...
The prostate is a male gland about the size of a walnut, located in the area of the bladder. The prostate is a part of the male reproductive system that helps regulate bladder and sexual functions. The main job of the prostate is to create and...
Pantoprazole, or Protonix, belongs to a class of medications known as proton pump inhibitors. According to the National Institutes of Health, pantoprazole is used to heal and prevent erosive esophagitis, an inflammation of the esophagus caused by...
Members of both sexes can suffer from urological problems. The penis, urethra, prostate gland, urinary tract, bladder and kidneys are the organs affected by urology problems. Aging, sickness or injury considerably affects the functioning of these...
The kidneys play an important role in keeping the body healthy by filtering out wastes and reabsorbing essential substances, such as sugar. When the kidneys develop stones large enough to block the passageways in the renal pelvis and ureter, urine...
Urinary burning can be a symptom of a urinary tract infection, or UTI, but it can also be a sign of a more serious disorder. Cornsilk, the soft tassels that develop on an ear of corn before the kernels are ready to harvest, may be beneficial in...
According to the National Cancer Institute (NCI), metastasis means the spread of cancer. Cancer cells spread from the primary tumor in the prostate to other regions of the body such as the lymphatic system, bones and other organs. The National...
The prostate, which is approximately the size of a walnut, forms part of the male reproductive system and is important to make sperm and the fluid that contains sperm called semen. Prostatitis is a swelling and inflammation of the prostate gland,...
A urinary tract infection, or UTI, is an infection of the urinary system, which includes the ureters, urethra, bladder and kidneys. Both men and women can develop a UTI, but women are more likely to experience them due to their structural anatomy....
Prostate cancer is the second most prevalent form of cancer among American males, according to the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF). Each year there are more than 192,000 new cases of prostate cancer diagnosed in the U.S. and 27,360 men die from...
Urinary tract infectin, or UTI, occurs when bacteria, usually from the anal area, infects the urinary tract. The urinary tract includes the urethra, bladder, ureter and kidneys. Most of the symptoms of UTI are due to the inflammation of the...
Cisplatin is a strong chemotherapy agent used to treat a variety of cancers, including sarcoma, lymphoma and ovarian cancer. It was discovered in the mid-19th century but until the early 1970s was not used as a chemotherapeutic drug. Cisplatin...
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