Urethral leakage, sometimes visible only after the glans are squeezed - Causes and Symptoms

Definition

The urethral losses are generally associated with the presence of infections or inflammation of the uro-genital apparatus, but may also depend on a malfunction of the same.

Depending on the cause, leaks from the urethra may appear different in color and appearance (milky, white-yellowish, transparent, etc.). This manifestation may be completely asymptomatic or may be accompanied by other disorders, such as burning, discomfort, itching, pollakiuria and nocturia. In humans, urethral losses are sometimes visible only after squeezing the glans.

Infectious and inflammatory urethral losses

The causes of urethral leakage include cystitis, urethritis, prostatitis and inflammation of the glans and prepuce area (balanoposthites). This manifestation may depend on sexually transmitted diseases (infections with Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, Ureaplasma urealyticum and Trichomonas vaginalis ).

Gonorrhea can be, in particular, asymptomatic or manifest with white-yellowish, milky and dense leaks, sometimes associated with burning and stinging, pelvic pain, fever, dysuria and pollakiuria.

Other inflammations at the base of urethral losses may depend on irritative and iatrogenic inflammations (for example, after surgery) or contact allergies (associated with the use of spermicides, lubricants and latex condoms).

Functional urethral losses

The urethral losses can also depend on pathologies of the urinary tract, such as neoplasms (urethral cancer, bladder or prostate cancer), benign prostatic hyperplasia, neurological bladder, traumas of the lower abdomen and malformations of the urinary tract (eg urethral stricture ).