Men may have urethral discharge. This happens at different times of the day, the color and reasons for their appearance are also specific. Allocations in men in some cases can cause discomfort, 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. Taking drugs becomes possible only after the examination.
But the secretion of mucus does not always indicate that there is any disease. The following manifestations are considered normal:
- Allotments in men, when excited, appear in a small volume without foreign inclusions.
- Pollution.
- Prostorrhoea with feces, the appearance of viscous mucous clots with stripes during strong straining during the act of defecation.
- Rarely, discharge from the urethra occurs with a strong cough, strain, but all are few, have no smell.
Download color
Allotments in men can be of different colors. These are nocturnal and abundant secretions of a transparent color, leukorrhea during the day, blood, traces of sperm, 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 blood cells and particles to mucus, pus and semen.
Most often, a clear fluid is released, resembling mucus, but with the contents of the epithelium, the discharge becomes gray, their consistency is thick. With a high content of leukocytes, the color becomes yellow 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 smell is observed. Discharge after urination can vary in volume. If there are a lot of them, there is an unpleasant smell, cramping, burning, then you should immediately go to the hospital.
White discharge from the urethra
During urination and in other cases, white secretions can be observed. If they are accompanied by a strong and sharp burning sensation, pain, itching, then these are signs of an inflammatory process. During urination or during the rest of the day, white secretions appear with such diseases:
- Ureaplasmosis is transmitted sexually, the causative agent is a special unicellular organism called ureaplasmas.
- Mycoplasmosis is an infectious disease, quite common, 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, a blood test must be done. 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. Here, serious and long-term treatment is needed, and the discharge itself can appear before and after urination, the process of urination itself becomes difficult, and sex life is reduced to nothing.
If not treated, the consequences of diseases can be dangerous, up to the appearance of male infertility. This scenario is not always respected, but if the disease starts, is ignored and personal hygiene is not respected, the consequences can be catastrophic.
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, mucosa, little 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, very abundant and frequent clear discharge from the urethra, blood, white fluid, then you should immediately contact a specialist. If the secret released becomes very frequent, there is a burning sensation, an unpleasant smell, then there may be suspicions of epididymitis, prostatitis, orchitis, etc. The doctor prescribes the treatment only after receiving the results of the men's examination, finding the causes of the disease. In this case, it is necessary to strictly observe all appointments and recommendations, personal hygiene will play an important role.
Diagnostic process
If discharges with blood or pus were found during urination in men in the morning or only during the day, it is necessary to consult a doctor for diagnosis. The examination process includes examination of the urethral canal. It is checked if 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.
- Carrying out 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 liquid. It is necessary to carry out a comprehensive study, this will allow you to get the most complete picture. During consultations, it is important to understand what are the causes of discharge, if such a situation has been observed before, with what frequency, if there were accompanying symptoms, for example, pain and blood flow were observed during urination. The performed diagnosis will make it possible to draw up a complete picture of the disease, which means that the right treatment will be chosen.
Treatment: what to do?
Treatment of secretions in men depends mainly 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 causes the 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 debauchery, hypothermia. But self-examination will also be useful, if any type of liquid is released from men that is not normal, 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 structure 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 begins, it will quickly pass into the chronic phase, and this is fraught with complications, other pathologies may develop, up to infertility.