Men may have a discharge from the urethra. It happens at different times of the day, the color and the reasons for their appearance are also specific. Allocations in men can in some cases be cause for 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 the 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 becomes possible only after the examination.
But the secretion of mucus does not always indicate that there is a disease. The following manifestations are considered normal:
- Allocations in men, when excited, appear in a small volume without extraneous inclusions.
- Pollution.
- Prostorrhea of defecation, the appearance of mucous viscous clots with streaks during intense exertion during the act of defecation.
- Rarely, discharge from the urethra occurs with a strong cough, straining, but all of them are rare, odorless.
discharge color
Allocations in men can be of different colors. These are nocturnal and abundant secretions of transparent color, daytime leukorrhea, blood, traces of sperm, pus and much more. It all depends on the presence of a certain type of disease, the stage, the causes of its occurrence.
The composition of secretions is also specific, ranging from blood cells and particles to mucus, pus and semen.
Most often, a clear liquid is released, resembling mucus, but with the contents 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 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, white discharge may be observed. If they are accompanied by a strong, 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 ureaplasmas.
- 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 transmitted sexually, to determine it, a smear is not enough, you have to take a blood test. The disease itself can be newly acquired or chronic, it is not treated, only maintenance therapy is prescribed, medications 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 sex life comes to naught.
If left untreated, the consequences of diseases can be dangerous, up to the appearance of male infertility. This scenario is far from always observed, but if the disease is triggered, ignored and personal hygiene is not observed, the consequences can be disastrous.
Transparent discharge in inflammatory processes
In infectious diseases, completely different fluids can be released, their color and composition depends on the form of the disease. For example, in observed venereal diseases:
- Profuse discharge of mucus and pus from the urethra, which may be accompanied by itching. This situation occurs if gonorrhea is diagnosed.
- Transparent, mucous, scanty discharge from the urethra 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 are 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 suspicions of epididymitis, prostatitis, orchitis, etc. The doctor prescribes treatment only after obtaining the results of the examination of men, the causes of the disease have been 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 just during the day, discharge of blood or pus was found, it is necessary to consult a doctor for a diagnosis. The examination process includes examination of the urethral canal. We check 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 the discharge from the urethra:
- Examination of a smear obtained during a microscopic examination.
- Carry out a special bacteriological inoculation of the sample taken.
- Realization of 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 full survey, this will allow you to get the most complete picture. During consultations, it is important to understand what causes discharge, whether such a situation has been observed before, how often, whether there were accompanying symptoms, for example, pain and dischargeblood were observed during urination. The diagnostics carried out will make it possible to draw a complete picture of the disease, which means that the appropriate treatment will be selected.
Treatment: what to do?
The treatment of discharge in men largely depends on the type of disease that 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 provokes the appearance of discharge in time, then the disease will go into a chronic stage, which 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 help, if a type of fluid that is not normal is released by men, you should consult a doctor. It should 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 must undergo an examination, after which the observing specialist will prescribe the necessary measures. If the disease is triggered, it will quickly pass into the chronic stage, which is fraught with complications, other pathologies can develop, up to infertility.