Topic: Pain passing urine
Description
Pain passing urine can be due to:
Cystitis (infection in the bladder): this is common in women and uncommon in men, except in elderly men with an enlarged prostate gland. It is usually not sexually transmitted.
Men with acute prostatitis can have pain passing urine.
Urethritis - this is usually due to infections that are transmitted sexually such as:
Infection of the soft skin outside the vagina or on the penis:
Other causes of irritation of the skin such as dermatitis.
Do's
If you think you may have been at risk of getting a sexually transmissible infection, have a sexual health check. See your doctor, family planning clinic or sexual health clinic.
Other Resources
Queensland Health - Sexual Health website
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Gonorrhoea - men fact sheet
Non-specific Urethritis fact sheet
Thrush fact sheet
Genital herpes fact sheet
Safe Sex fact sheet
Last updated: 5th August, 2008
Review Date: 1st February, 2007
