Men may have discharge from the urethra. This happens at different times of the day, the color and the reasons for its appearance are also specific. Assignments in men can, in some cases, cause concern, then you should immediately consult a doctor. For example, if bleeding is observed, immediate action should be taken. Be sure to undergo an examination, and the specialist will prescribe the appropriate treatment.
The reasons for the appearance of discharge can be different, the symptoms depend on the stage of the course of the disease. When there is discharge from the urethra in men, self-medication should not be limited. Reception of drugs is possible only after the examination.
But the secretion of mucus does not always indicate that there is some disease. The following manifestations are considered normal:
- Assignments in men, when excited, appear in a small volume without extraneous inclusions.
- contaminations.
- Defecation prostorrhea, the appearance of viscous mucous clots with striae during a strong effort during the act of defecation.
- Rarely, discharge from the urethra occurs with a strong cough, straining, but they are all meager, odorless.
discharge color
Assignments in men can be of different colors. These are nocturnal and abundant secretions of a transparent color, daytime leukorrhea, blood, traces of semen, pus and much more. It all depends on the presence of a certain type of disease, stage, causes of its appearance.
The composition of the secretions is also specific, from cells and blood particles to mucus, pus and semen.
In most cases, a clear liquid is released, resembling mucus, but with the content of the epithelium, the discharge becomes grayish, its consistency is thick. With a high content of leukocytes, the color becomes yellowish and green, an unpleasant smell of pus is observed. With candidiasis and other infectious diseases, the color turns white, the consistency is dense, and a characteristic odor is observed. The discharge after urination can vary in volume. If there are a lot of them, there is an unpleasant smell, cramps, burning, then you should immediately go to the hospital.
White discharge from the urethra
During urination and at other times, a white discharge may be observed. If they are accompanied by a strong and sharp burning sensation, pain, itching, then these are signs of an inflammatory process. When urinating or during the rest of the day, white discharge appears with such diseases:
- Ureaplasmosis is sexually transmitted, the causative agent is a special unicellular organism called ureaplasma.
- Mycoplasmosis is a fairly common infectious disease, the causative agent of which is an organism that is in an intermediate state between a virus and a bacterium. White discharge after or during urination may be accompanied by itching or burning.
- Chlamydia is an infectious disease that is sexually transmitted, to determine it a smear is not enough, it is necessary to take a blood test. The disease itself can be newly acquired or chronic, it is not subject to treatment, only maintenance therapy is prescribed, drugs to eliminate the main symptoms. The causative agent is chlamydia.
White discharge in the morning and at other times of the day can be a signal that a rather dangerous disease is developing - prostatitis. Serious and long-term treatment is needed here, and the discharge itself may appear before and after urination, the urination process itself becomes difficult, and the sex life is reduced to nothing.
If left untreated, the consequences of diseases can be dangerous, up to male infertility. This scenario is far from always being observed, but if the disease starts, is ignored and personal hygiene is not followed, the consequences can be disastrous.
Transparent secretion in inflammatory processes.
In infectious diseases, completely different fluids can be released, their color and composition depend on the form of the disease. For example, during venereal diseases observed:
- Profuse discharge of mucus and pus from the urethra, which may be accompanied by itching. This situation occurs if gonorrhea is diagnosed.
- Transparent discharge from the urethra, mucous, scanty is observed with a disease such as chlamydia.
- With trichomoniasis, there are no clear discharges, often a man does not even know about the development of such a disease for a long time until he is examined.
If there is purulent, too abundant and frequent clear discharge from the urethra, blood, white fluid, you should immediately contact a specialist. If the released secret becomes too frequent, there is a burning sensation, an unpleasant odor, then there may be suspicion of epididymitis, prostatitis, orchitis, etc. The doctor prescribes treatment only after the results of the examination of men, the causes of the disease are found. In this case, it is necessary to strictly adhere to all appointments and recommendations, personal hygiene will play an important role.
diagnostic process
If during urination in men in the morning or only during the day secretions with blood or pus were found, it is necessary to consult a doctor for diagnosis. The examination process includes examination of the urethral canal. It is checked for manifestations of mucus, blood. Sometimes the patient's partner is also examined to rule out infection of both. In the clinic, the following methods are used to study the discharge from the urethra:
- Examination of a smear obtained during the examination under a microscope.
- Carrying out a special bacteriological inoculation of the sample taken.
- Performing an antibiogram.
These measurements help to determine exactly what kind of discharge is observed during urination, what is the composition of the liquid. It is necessary to conduct a comprehensive survey, this will allow you to get the most complete picture. During consultations, it is important to understand what are the causes of the discharge, whether such a situation has been observed before, how often, whether there were accompanying symptoms, for example, pain and bloody discharge were observed when urinating. The diagnoses made will allow to draw up a complete picture of the disease, which means that the appropriate treatment will be selected.
Treatment: what to do?
Treatment of discharge in men largely depends on the type of disease that caused its occurrence. In some cases, when everything is within the normal range, no treatment is prescribed.
For infectious and other diseases, an examination is already required, after which the doctor chooses how to treat the pathology. In any case, it is impossible to delay it, if you do not start treating the disease that causes the appearance of discharge in time, the condition will go into a chronic stage, and this is dangerous.
It is also possible to prevent discharge from the urethra, for this it is enough to monitor your health, follow the rules of hygiene, avoid promiscuity, hypothermia. But self-control will also be useful to you, if any type of liquid that is not normal comes out of the men, you should consult a doctor. It must be remembered that in the normal state, blood, pus, white liquids that have an unusual shade, smell and texture cannot be released from the urethra in men.
If a man has fluid secreted from the urethra, then it is impossible to delay the visit to the hospital. When the discharge does not correspond to the norm, it is required to undergo an examination, after which the observing specialist will prescribe the necessary measures. If the disease is started, it will quickly go into the chronic stage, and this is fraught with complications, other pathologies can develop, up to infertility.