Causes Urethral Stricture

There are quite a few causes for Urethral Stricture or Urine Retention that range from the mundane to medical conditions that might require immediate attention.

1. Infection

Infection of the urethra caused by viruses such as sexually transmitted diseases can lead to the narrowing of the urethra and the presence of scar tissue.

2. Surgical Complications/Medical Procedures

A urethral stricture can be caused by a number of surgical issues and medical procedures. These can include surgery to remove the prostate, catheter use, kidney stone removal, and endoscopic examinations that require doctors to place tools into the urethra.

3. Injury

Injuries to the genital region and the surrounding area can cause damage and restriction to the urethra. Pelvic injuries, as well as injuries to the scrotum or perineum, can also result in injury and scar tissues to the urethra.

Symptoms of Urethral Stricture

The symptoms of Urethral Stricture or Urine Retention can include:

• Slow or decreased urine stream
• Urine stream spraying
• Urinary incontinence
• Pain with urinating
• Urethra pain
• Abdominal pain
• Bloody or dark urine
• Blood in semen
• Urethral leaking
• Urinary tract infections
• Swelling of the penis
• Bladder control loss

There will often be more than one symptom at a time. When these symptoms start appearing, it’s best to go see a doctor for a proper diagnosis.

Diagnosis of Urethral Stricture Urethral Stricture or Urine Retention

A physical exam of the genitalia to look for hardness, redness, or swelling, especially in males. Following the general physical exams, other tests may be ordered such as urethral imaging (X-ray or ultrasound), urethroscopy (so the doctor can look inside the urethra for damage and or scar tissue), and retrograde urethrogram.

Tests for STDs and other viruses and infections may also be run to determine what the cause of your urethral stricture may be.

Treatments for Urethral Stricture or Urine Retention

There are numerous treatments for urethral stricture in Homeopathy, In allopathy unfortunately, most of their treatments aren’t exactly pleasant.

The following are common allopathic treatments for urethral stricture.

1. Dilation

The quickest, non-surgical treatment for urethral stricture is dilation. A wire-like medical device called a dilator is passed into the urethra and pushed upward until the narrow area is found. The device will slowly widen the urethra in the affected location.

2. Surgery

In extreme cases, surgery may be necessary. This usually involves the removal of scar tissue blocking the urethra. This can be done though traditional surgical procedures or with lasers.

3. Urine Flow Diversion

In severe cases where the above treatments are unsuccessful, urine flow diversion may be used to relieve the blockage. This involves the insertion of a catheter into the abdomen and the flow of urine is diverted. It should be noted that this rare measure is often used as a last resort.

Homeopathic Treatment Urethral Stricture or Urine Retention

Berberis Vulgaris

Violent stitching pains in the bladder, extending from the kidneys into the urethra, with urging to urinate. Frequently recurring, crampy, contractive pain, or aching pain, in the bladder, when the bladder is full or empty. Incisive pains in the urethra, even when not urinating. Smarting pain in the urethra, with sensation of excoriation, even during the emission of semen in coition.

Motion excites and aggravates the pains in the urethra. Burning pains in the urethra when urinating and afterwards, Stitches and burning in the urethra. Shooting pains in the urethra, extending to the bladder. Aching pains in the region of the bladder, even when it is empty, and after urinating.

Contractive, drawing, acute, incisive, and cramp-like pains in the bladder. Shooting, violent pains in the loins, extending to the bladder. Sensation of burning in the bladder. Pressure while urinating; Urgent inclination to urinate especially in the morning after rising.

Increased secretion of urine, which is as clear as water. Urine pale yellowish, with slimy, gelatinous, mealy sediment, white, greyish white, or reddish. Urine thick, yellowish, like whey, or clay-coloured water.

Urine of a deep yellow, with abundant sediment. Urine dark yellow, red, becoming turbid, copious; mucous sediment, or transparent, jelly-like reddish, bran-like sediment (which is easily crushed and dissolved between the fingers).

Greenish urine, depositing mucus. Urine reddish, as if inflamed, with abundant sediment. Urine reddish, sanguineous, with slimy, mealy, and abundant sediment, of a bright red colour. The emission of urine is often accompanied by pains in the thighs and in the loins.

Cantharis

Retention of urine, with cramp-like pains in the bladder. Urgent and ineffectual efforts to make water, with painful emission, drop by drop. Difficult emission of urine, in a weak and scattered stream. Increased secretion of urine. Urine, pale yellow, or of a deep red colour. Flow of sanguineous mucus from the bladder. Emission of blood, drop by drop.

Purulent urine. Burning smarting while urinating,;Incisive pains in the front part of the urethra, during the emission of urine, and afterwards. Sharp, tearing, and incisive pains, successive pullings and pulsations in the urinary organs. Burning, stinging and tearing in the kidneys. Pressing pain in the kidneys, extending to the bladder; along the ureters; relieved by pressing upon the glans.

Inflammation and ulceration of the kidneys, of the bladder, and of the urethra. Exceedingly painful sensibility of the region of the bladder on its being touched.

Clematis

Purulent urine. Urine turbid, milky, dark, with flakes of mucus and frothy. Secretion diminished; the last drops cause violent burning. Secretion slow and in a small stream. During the emission of urine, pulling in the spermatic cord. Burning sensation and smarting in the urethra, on commencing to urinate, stitches in the urethra; stitches from the abdomen into the chest.

Contraction of the urethra, with the urine stopping suddenly, or only flowing drop by drop; jerk-like tearing in fore part of urethra in the intervals.

The first symptom that calls for the use of Clematis is a feeble stream of urine with slow passage of urine. An extreme constricted sensation is felt in the urethra while passing urine.

The second complaint that can be relieved with Clematis is the difficulty faced by the patient in clearing the full bladder in one go. The urine cannot be passed out once. The flow of urine starts then stops and starts again. This cycle continues several times. The patient always feels as if some urine is still left behind in the bladder, urine is passed drop by drop, dribbling urine, intermittent urine flow and feeble urine steam.

Clematis helps in establishing the proper flow of urine in a stream. It is also helpful for all those patients of Urethral Stricture who have a history of gonorrhea for a long duration.

Apis Melilotus

Burning soreness when urinating. Strangury, pain in region of kidneys; soreness on pressure or when stooping. Frequent desire, with passage of only a few drops. Urine scanty and high-coloured; with thirstlessness. Incontinence of urine from coughing and other circumstances. Urine suppressed. Too profuse discharge of urine.

Frequent and profuse urination. Albuminuria of scarlatina. Burning and stinging in the urethra or burning and smarting in the urethra, as if it were scalded. Bladder very painful, often tenesmus after urinating. Urine often bloody, milky appearance; very dark and frothy; very fetid; sediment reddish-brown, like coffee grounds.

Chimaphila Umbellata

Acute prostatitis with dysuria and retention, sensation in perineum as if sitting on a ball. Constant pain in region of kidneys; urine scanty, dark, fetid, thick, with copious sediment. Strangury; constant desire to urinate.

Cutting, scalding pain, divided stream; stricture. Urethritis with purulent or profuse mucous discharge. Great quantities of thick, ropy, bloody mucus in urine. Greenish-black urine. Urine scanty; frequently voided, pressing pain before, burning prickling, scalding and smarting during and after, and vesical tenesmus feels better when sitting worse when walking.

Albuminuria; haematuria, from long-lasting gonorrhoea; clots of coagulated blood pass with urine. Renal dropsy. Urethral stricture patients who have to apply a lot of strain to pass urine. In spite of efforts, the urine passed is very less in quantity.

One characteristic feature unique for the use of Chimaphila Umbellata is a specific position in which the patient is able to empty the bladder:- The position is standing with feet set wide apart and body stooped forward. So, it’s only by standing with feet wide apart and inclining the body in a forward position that a person is able to pass urine.

Conium Maculatum

Urine stops suddenly and does not begin go flow for some moments, intermittent urine flow. Pressure on the bladder, as if the urine were going to issue forthwith violence (with stitches); worse when walking, better when sitting.

At night emission of urine, frequent, and sometimes involuntary. Flow of urine, attended by violent pain. Urine thick, white and turbid.

Urine red. Retention of urine. Difficult emission of urine, which flows only drop by drop. Nocturnal urination, Wetting the bed.

Diabetes, accompanied by great pain. Frequent inclination to emit urine, which is clear and aqueous. Viscid mucus, mixed with the urine, which cannot be passed without great pain. Discharge of pus from the urethra. Emission of blood, sometimes with difficulty of respiration.

The urine stops suddenly, and does not begin to flow again for some moments. Incisive pains in the urethra during the emission of urine. Burning sensation and shootings in the urethra especially after the emission of urine.

Camphor

Retention of urine. Strangury, with tenesmus of the neck of the bladder. Urine flowing slowly and in a small stream, as if the urethra were contracted. Urine of a yellowish green, turbid, and of a mouldy smell.

Haematuria. Burning pain during the emission of urine. Urine thick and red, with turbid and thick sediment.

Terebinth

Pressure in the kidneys when sitting, going off during motion. Sensation of heaviness and pain in region of kidneys. Violent burning drawing pain in region of kidneys.

Nephritis that follows an irritation of the skin.-R. T. C.

Frequent desire to urinate. Transient movement in region of bladder during a stool as if bladder were suddenly distended and bent forward. Spasms from any attempt to urinate. Suppressed secretion of urine. Strangury, followed by soreness.

Diminished secretion of urine. Secretion of urine considerably augmented. Urine smelling strongly of violets; deposit of mucus, or thick, muddy deposit. Thick, slimy, yellowish white sediment in urine.

Haematuria, blood with very little urine and constant painful dysuria (produced in a child from poisoning.-R. T. C.). Burning sensation in urethra, felt also when urinating. Urethritis, with painful erections. Stricture of urethra (Burnett, after Rademacher). Urine scanty and bloody. Burning sensation, incisive pains, and spasmodic tenesmus of bladder.

Sarsaparilla

Severe pain after urination. Can pass urine only when standing, it only dribbles down when sitting,  genitals; rectum; skin and bones; right lower extremity; right lower side; inner semilateral head.

In the urinary sphere there are symptoms which are very severe and also peculiar: There is severe pain at end of micturition, just as the urine ceases to flow; inability to urinate freely except in the standing position, when sitting it only dribbles; excessive pain in urethra which may run back into abdomen; passage of gravel which looks like grey sand.

Many cases of renal colic and dysuria in infants with passage of sand have been cured with Sars. Gonorrhoea and the effect of suppressed gonorrhoea have also been cured with it; herpes preputialis; spermatorrhoea, with swollen cords

Arnica Montana

Arnica can help all those cases of Urethral Stricture that are a result of an injury. Injuries by blunt objects, a blow or a fall, sore and bruised pain in urethra while urinating or otherwise, Tenesmus. Spasmodic urine retention with pressure in the bladder. Ineffectual attempts to urinate.

Involuntary emission of urine, bed wetting, and in the day, when running. Frequent micturition of pale urine, urine of a brownish red, with sediment, of a brick colour. Bloody urination

Cannabis Ind

Burning or scalding before, during and after urination. Urging and straining but cannot pass a drop, A white glairy mucus may be squeezed from the urethra. Burning and scalding, or stinging pain in the urethra before, during, and after urination. Urging to urinate, but cannot pass a drop. Profuse, colourless urine. Has to wait some time before the urine flows. Has to force out the last few drops with the hand. The urine dribbles out after the stream ceases.

Hepar Sulph

Urination impeded. Obliged to wait before the urine is passed and then it flows slowly, feels as if some urine always remains behind in bladder., Urine slow and turbid, with whitish sediment. The urine is passed slowly, with difficulty; drops out perpendicularly.

Abundant secretion of pale urine, with pressure on the bladder. Acrid, corrosive (corroding the prepuce), or pale and watery, or deep-red, and hot urine. Nocturnal emission of urine. bed wetting.

Blood after urination. Burning in the urethra during micturition. Stitches in the urethra. Redness and inflammation of the orifice of the urethra. Discharge of mucus from the urethra.

Magnesium Mur

Magnesium Mur is the ideal choice when the patient has to really strain to empty the bladder. The urine is passed out with much difficulty after putting in a lot of pressure.

Natrum Mur

Cannot pass urine in the presence or other persons, Cannot pass it in a public place, frequent and urgent want to urinate, day and night, sometimes every hour, with copious emission.-Involuntary emission of urine, sometimes on coughing, walking, laughing, or sneezing.

Nocturnal emission of urine. Clear urine, with red sediment, resembling brick-dust. Discharge of mucus from urethra during and after urination, causing itching and biting, mucus from urethra sometimes is yellowish, as in gonorrhoea. After micturition spasmodic contraction in abdomen; burning, drawing, and cutting in urethra. During micturition stitches in bladder, smarting, burning in urethra; smarting and soreness in vulva

Thiosinaminum

Thiosinaminum belongs to the same chemical group as Urea. The colorless bitter crystals are soluble in water, alcohol, and ether. Thios. has been used externally and internally in cases of lupus, chronic glandular tumors, and for dissolving scar tissue; and internally for resolving tumors of the uterine appendages.

Thiosinaminum is known for its ability to dissolve scars formed anywhere in the body. Thiosinaminum can work wonders in Urethral Stricture cases where the cicatricial tissue is formed in urethra due to any cause. The resolving power of this natural remedy in scar cases cannot be matched by any other medicine. The scar will get soft followed by complete disappearance with the use of Thiosinaminum.

Thuja Occidentalis

Urethra swollen inflamed. Urinary stream split and small. Sensation of trickling after urinating. Severe cutting after (Sars). Frequent micturition accompanying pains. Desire sudden and urgent, but cannot be controlled. Paralysis sphincter vesicae.