Men may have discharge from the urethra. This happens at different times of the day, the color and reasons for their appearance are also specific. Allocations 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 may 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 medicines becomes possible only after examination.
But the secretion of mucus does not always indicate that there is any disease. The following manifestations are considered normal:
- Allocations in men, when excited, appear in a small volume without foreign inclusions.
- Pollutions.
- Defecation prostorrhea, the appearance of mucous viscous clots with streaks during strong straining during the act of defecation.
- Rarely, discharge from the urethra occurs with a strong cough, exertion, but they are all scarce, have no smell.
Discharge color
Allocations in men can be of different colors. These are nocturnal and abundant secretions of a transparent color, daytime leucorrhoea, blood, traces of semen, pus, and much more. It all depends on the presence of a certain type of disease, stage, causes of its occurrence.
The composition of secretions is also specific, ranging from cells and blood particles to mucus, pus, and semen.
Most often, a clear liquid is released, resembling mucus, but with the content of the epithelium, the discharge becomes grayish, their consistency is thick. With a high content of leukocytes, the color becomes yellowish and green, an unpleasant smell of pus is observed. With thrush and other infectious diseases, the color becomes white, the consistency is dense, and a characteristic odor is observed. 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, 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 organisms called ureaplasmas.
- Mycoplasmosis is an infectious, fairly common 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 sign that a rather dangerous disease is developing - prostatitis. Serious and long-term treatment is needed here, and the discharge itself can appear before and after urination, the process of urination itself becomes difficult, and sexual life is reduced to nothing.
If left untreated, the consequences of diseases can be dangerous, up to the occurrence of male infertility. This scenario is far from always observed, but if the disease is started, ignored, and personal hygiene is not followed, the consequences can be disastrous.
Transparent discharge 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 are 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 are purulent, too abundant and frequent clear discharge from the urethra, blood, white liquid, then 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 suspicions of epididymitis, prostatitis, orchitis, and so on. The doctor prescribes treatment only after the results of the examination of men are obtained, the causes of the disease are found. In this case, it is necessary to strictly comply with all appointments and recommendations, personal hygiene will play a significant role.
Diagnostic process
If during urination in men in the morning or just during the day discharges 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 whether there are 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 discharge from the urethra:
- Examination of a smear obtained during examination using a microscope.
- Performing a special bacteriological inoculation of the sample taken.
- Carrying out an antibiogram.
These measures help to determine exactly what kind of discharge is observed during urination, what is the composition of the fluid. 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, with what frequency, whether there were accompanying symptoms, for example, pain and blood discharge were observed during urination. The diagnostics carried out will make it possible 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 what kind of disease caused their appearance. In some cases, when everything is within the normal range, treatment is not 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, if you do not start treating the disease that causes the appearance of discharge in time, then 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, if men release any type of fluid that is not normal, 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 exudes fluid from the urethra, then it is impossible to delay visiting 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 pass into the chronic stage, and this is fraught with complications, other pathologies may develop, up to infertility.