Female urethral dilation pain video

What are the harms of urethral dilation? Urethral dilation does have an incomparable effect on alleviating the symptoms of urinary tract obstruction compared with other traditional treatments. Generally, male patients with urinary tract obstruction can alleviate their symptoms through urethral dilation, but patients are also worried about the adverse effects after surgery. So, does urethral dilation hurt women? What are the harms of urethral dilation?

Female urethral dilation pain video

It is generally not very painful for women to undergo urethral dilation. Urethral dilation is one of the most commonly used treatments in urology and is mainly used for patients with urethral stenosis. The so-called urethral dilation is to use metal probes of different sizes to insert into the urethra according to the degree of urethral stenosis of the patient, and gradually dilate the urethra. Due to the anatomical characteristics of the female urethra, the urethra is relatively short, about 4 cm long, and straight without physiological curvature. Therefore, the operation of urethral dilation for women is relatively easier than that for men, with fewer complications and less pain, and most people can tolerate the pain.

Women may experience mild pain during urethral dilation surgery. This is due to the disease itself. Urethral dilation is used for urethral stenosis. The dilator needs to pass through the narrow section of the urethra, which will cause tension or referred pain. After the dilation is completed, the pain can gradually ease or disappear. Sometimes, in order to relieve pain, local anesthetics are used before dilation to achieve or relieve the pain during dilation. Generally, the dilation time is about 1-2 minutes, which is very short and can be tolerated by most patients. However, for patients whose urethra is too narrow to be dilated by the dilator, hospitalization is recommended for dilation. At this time, blind dilation may cause local bleeding or tearing and aggravate the narrowness. At the same time, too many narrow dilators cannot pass through the narrow section, which will cause more severe pain. It is recommended to dilate under upper body anesthesia, which is relatively safer and has relatively better tolerance.

Doctors said that while urethral dilation can alleviate urinary tract obstruction symptoms, it also causes many problems that many male friends cannot accept.

Injury 1. It is very easy to cause damage to the urinary and reproductive system. According to statistics, urethral dilation is mainly based on the super-strong sphincter of the urethral opening, bladder neck, and male prostate posterior urethra to expand its inner diameter, thereby alleviating urinary tract obstruction symptoms.

In fact, the male urethral opening and the post-prostatic urethra, in addition to the softness and sensitivity of the material, in order to ensure the distance and range of urination and ejaculation and prevent the invasion of foreign objects, also have a relatively unique "rifle structure". Therefore, during the intervention of urethral dilator, it is easy to cause damage to the rifling structure of the urethral opening and the posterior urethra, resulting in injury to the urethral opening and the posterior urethra; during the dilation process of urethral dilator, it is easy to cause laceration damage to the urethral opening, bladder neck and posterior urethra due to excessive sphincter.

Harm 2. It is very easy to cause and aggravate inflammation of the urinary and reproductive system. The urethral opening, bladder neck opening, and posterior urethra of the prostate gland are all damaged by urethral dilation. In addition to easily causing inflammation of the relevant parts, they will also directly aggravate the original inflammation.

Harm 3. It is easy to cause various urethral irritation symptoms. The damage to the urethral opening, bladder neck, and posterior urethra caused by urethral dilation can easily lead to a series of urethral irritation symptoms due to the irritation of urine during urination. On the other hand, the inflammation caused and aggravated by it can also cause inflammatory excitement and cause various urethral irritation symptoms.