Men may have urethral discharge. This happens at different times of the day, the color and reasons for their appearance are also specific. Separations in men can cause discomfort in some cases, 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 disease. In men, self-treatment should not be limited if there is discharge from the urethra. Taking medicine is possible only after examination.
However, the secretion of mucus does not always indicate the presence of any disease. The following manifestations are considered normal:
- The separations in men, when excited, appear in a small volume without external inclusions.
- Pollution.
- Defecation prostorrhoea, the appearance of striated mucous viscous clots during strong straining during the act of defecation.
- In rare cases, discharge from the urethra occurs with a strong cough, tension, but all of them are small and have no smell.
Discharge color
In men, separations can be of different colors. These are transparent night and abundant secretions, daytime leucorrhoea, blood, traces of sperm, pus, etc. It all depends on the presence, stage, and causes of a particular disease.
The composition of secretions is also specific, from cells and blood particles to mucus, pus, and sperm.
Often, a clear liquid similar to mucus is released, but with the composition of the epithelium, the discharge turns gray, the consistency is thick. With a high content of leukocytes, the color becomes yellowish and green, an unpleasant smell of pus is observed. With liver and other infectious diseases, the color becomes white, the consistency is dense and a characteristic smell 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
White discharge may be observed during urination and at other times. If they are accompanied by a strong and sharp burning sensation, pain, itching, these are signs of the inflammatory process. White discharge when urinating or during the rest of the day appears with such diseases:
- Ureaplasmosis is sexually transmitted, caused by special single-celled organisms called ureaplasmas.
- Mycoplasmosis is an infectious, fairly common disease, the causative agent of which is an organism intermediate between a virus and a bacterium. White discharge after or during urination may be accompanied by itching or burning.
- Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted disease, a smear is not enough to identify it, a blood test is needed. 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 of the disease is chlamydia.
White discharge in the morning and at other times of the day can be a sign of the development of a very dangerous disease - prostatitis. Here, serious and long-term treatment is necessary, 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 not treated, the consequences of diseases can be dangerous up to male infertility. This scenario is far from always observed, but if the disease starts, if it is ignored and personal hygiene is not observed, the consequences can be catastrophic.
Clear discharge in inflammatory processes
During infectious diseases, completely different fluids can be released, their color and composition depends on the form of the disease. For example, it is observed during venereal diseases:
- Profuse discharge of mucus and pus from the urethra, which may be accompanied by itching. This condition occurs when gonorrhea is diagnosed.
- With a disease such as chlamydia, a clear, mucous, small amount of discharge is observed from the urethra.
- There are no clear discharges with trichomoniasis, often a person does not even know about the development of such a disease for a long time until he is examined.
If there is purulent, very abundant and often transparent discharge from the urinary tract, blood, white fluid, you should immediately contact a specialist. If the secret released is very frequent, there is a burning sensation, an unpleasant smell, then epididymitis, prostatitis, orchitis, etc. there may be doubts. The doctor prescribes treatment only after receiving the results of the men's examination and finding the causes of the disease. In this case, it is necessary to strictly follow all appointments and recommendations, personal hygiene will play an important role.
Diagnostic process
In men, if blood or purulent secretions are detected during urination in the morning or during the day, it is necessary to consult a doctor for diagnosis. The examination process includes examination of the urethral canal. Mucus is checked for blood manifestations. Sometimes the patient's partner is also examined to rule out infection of both. In the clinic, the following methods are used to study urethral discharge:
- Examination of the smear obtained during the examination using a microscope.
- Carrying out special bacteriological inoculation of the received sample.
- Conducting antibiogram.
These measures 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, which will allow you to get the most complete picture. During consultations, it is important to understand what are the causes of ejaculation, whether such a situation has been observed before, with what frequency, whether there are accompanying symptoms, for example, pain and bleeding during urination. The conducted diagnostics will make it possible to create a complete picture of the disease, that is, the appropriate treatment will be selected.
Treatment: what to do?
The treatment of ejaculation in men mainly depends on the type of disease that caused their appearance. In some cases, if everything is within normal limits, 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, if you do not start treating the disease that caused the appearance of the 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 hygiene rules, avoid sexual intercourse, hypothermia. But self-monitoring will also be useful, if there is any type of fluid from men that is not normal, you should consult a doctor. It should be remembered that under normal conditions blood, pus, white fluids with an unusual shade, smell and texture cannot come out of the urethra in men.
If a man has fluid discharge from the urethra, then it is impossible to delay going to the hospital. If the discharge does not meet the norm, it is required to undergo an examination, after which the observing specialist will prescribe the necessary measures. If the disease starts, it will quickly go to the chronic stage and it is full of complications, other pathologies may develop until infertility.