Why is it painful to do urethral dilation?

The urethra is the channel through which urine is discharged from the body. The urethra leads directly to the bladder and is a unique channel in the human body. Since the urethra has to withstand the passage of urine all the time, and some people have impaired health, harmful components in the urine can easily damage the urethra and cause urethral lesions. Severe urethral lesions can hinder urination. In this case, urethral dilation can be used to solve the problem. However, why do some people experience pain during urethral dilation?

Urethral dilation is used for :

The main indications for urethral stricture dilation are to prevent and treat urethral strictures caused by inflammation, trauma, and urethra surgery. Urethral stricture dilatation is used to treat urethral stricture. On the one hand, it plays a mechanical role in dilating the stricture area. On the other hand, it plays a massage role, enhancing local blood circulation, and promoting scar softening and infiltration absorption. In addition, urethral stricture dilatation can also be used as one of the measures to treat chronic prostatitis, chronic urethritis, mild bladder neck obstruction and other diseases, and it can also detect whether there are stones or metallic foreign bodies in the urethra or bladder.

Urethral dilation is a generally painful procedure that is performed using a metal urethral probe. Pain caused by urethral dilation is a normal reaction. The way to avoid pain is local anesthesia. After the examination, there will still be symptoms of pain. It is impossible to avoid it completely.

Guidance : If you have undergone urethral surgery, you generally need to consider urethral dilation. Otherwise, it is easy to cause stenosis. Generally, dilation is required for about 2 months, and usually once a week.

If you can urinate normally without pain, thin urine, or difficulty urinating, urethral dilation is generally not necessary. Generally, sexual intercourse is prohibited before the hematoma disappears completely to prevent the hematoma from enlarging.

The above is an explanation of why urethral dilation causes pain. I hope everyone can understand that the urethra is a very important excretion channel in the human body and must be protected well.