Pain in urinating in women is one of the most common signs of various diseases. These are diseases that occur in the genitourinary and excretory systems of the body. These diseases include: urolithiasis, infectious diseases, which are transmitted in the process of sexual intercourse, various types of inflammatory diseases. In women, pain with urination is often accompanied by other disorders of the excretory system. This discharge, abdominal pain, frequent urge to urinate, night visits to the toilet, polyuria (increase in the volume of excreted urine), etc.
For what reasons can women have pain while urinating?
Cystitis occurs in women more often than in men. This is because in women, the ureters are shorter and wider. This pathogenic bacteria allows you to quickly enter the bladder. Characterized by inflammation in the bladder, not only with pain during urination, but also pains in the lower abdomen (pulling), a feeling of incompleteness of the action of urination. In this case, urine is turbid, sometimes with veins of blood.
Pain with urination occurs in women with gonorrhea. This bacterial disease is most often transmitted sexually. As a result of the influence of gonococci on the body, this pathology develops. Bacteria first attack the mucous of the genital organs and urethra, then quickly reach the tissues of the body. But it should be noted that this ailment can arise even when using general personal hygiene products.
For example, soap, a washcloth, a towel, etc. In addition to pain when urinating, there is burning and itching in the genitals.
Painful urination in women can be due to vestibulitis. This pathology is accompanied by inflammation of the cervix and its cervical region. Observed with this disease are also vaginal discharge, abdominal pain, chills, fever.
With urethritis, women also have pain when urinating. Urethritis is an inflammation of the canal through which urination occurs. The disease is also excreted. Pain during urination can be both permanent and temporary. Acute urethritis is accompanied by sharp and painful pains, and chronic - not too severe pain during urination and a burning sensation.
Also, this ailment in women occurs in the presence of vulvitis. This disease occurs due to excessive irritation of the genitals (external). Irritation occurs because of secretions that flow from the urethra. In addition to pain during urination, women are observed: itching and burning, swelling of the genitals.
Other causes of pain when urinating in women
Salpingitis is a pathology affected by the uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries and surrounding tissues. In addition to pain during urination, there are: pain in the lumbar region and abdominal region, fever, swelling of the genitals, and sometimes nausea. Sometimes irregular and frequent bleeding occurs.
Women with trichomoniasis also have painful sensations when they visit the toilet. This pathology causes inflammation of the cervix, vagina (colpitis) and glands. Also, with this disease, purulent discharge is observed.
Also, pain during urination occurs with thrush (candidiasis). Other signs of thrush: swelling of the labia, unpleasant sensations in the genital organs, abundant discharge without odor (white, curdled). Sometimes there is pain during sex.
Urolithiasis (urolithiasis), which also includes pain during urination, increased frequency of urination, painful sensations in the stone formation zone, and a feeling of incomplete emptying of the bladder.
Also, in women, pain during urination can be with the following diseases: urogenital chlamydia, ureaplasmosis, urethral syndrome.
If you experience pain when you urinate, it is recommended that a woman consult a specialist. You should not rely on self-medication, since in this situation the main thing is not to suppress pain, but to eliminate the cause of its occurrence. The doctor is obligatory, after certain examinations will appoint the necessary correct treatment of this or that disease. If these diseases are not treated, the consequences may not be the most pleasant.