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Pain During Urination (Dysuria)
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Pain During Urination (Dysuria)
The term dysuria refers to painful urination. The pain or burning is usually felt in the urethra (the tube that carries urine out of the bladder) or in the area surrounding the genitals.
Symptom classification
Body areaPain
Body areaPelvic
Body areaUrinary
Conditions linked to this sign/symptom
43- Bacterial Urinary Tract Infections
- Bladder Cancer
- Bladder Outlet Obstruction
- Bladder Trauma
- Chancroid
- Chlamydia
- Chlamydial Infection
- Chronic Pyelonephritis
- Cystinuria
- Ectopic Pregnancy
- Endometriosis
- Epididymitis
- Fungal Urinary Tract Infections
- Gonococcal Infection
- Gonorrhea
- Heavy Metal Nephropathy
- Herpes Simplex Virus Infections
- Inflammatory Vaginitis
- Interstitial Cystitis
- Lichen Sclerosus
- Lower Urinary Tract Infection
- Medullary Sponge Kidney
- Menopause
- Mycoplasmal Infection
- Neutropenia
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
- Prostate Abscess
- Prostate Cancer
- Prostatitis
- Proteeae Infections
- Pyelonephritis
- Reactive Arthritis
- Reflux Nephropathy
- Renal Pelvis Cancer
- Schistosomiasis
- Trematode Infections
- Tubulointerstitial Nephritis
- Ureaplasmal Infection
- Urethral Cancer
- Urethral Trauma
- Urinary Retention
- Urinary Tract Infection (Cystitis)
- Urinary Tract Obstruction