Good for women, but not for men when it comes to bacterial infections?

[GaryK69]

It's common knowledge and has been recommended for ages that women urinate immediately after sexual intercourse to help prevent contracting urinary tract infections (UTIs). The idea being to flush whatever bacteria might have wandered around or into the urethra during sex, such as bacteria found around the anus or from your partner, etc...

Now, this is medically sound advice, and doctor's have been advising women to do this, especially those susceptible to UTIs.

But here's what I don't get. When the topic comes up for men to urinate immediately after sex as a way to help prevent STDs caused by bacteria (Gonorrhea/Chlamydia/Syphilis/etc.), this advice is always downplayed as an old wives' tale at best, and usually described as completely worthless.

How can it be that urinating after sex may be beneficial to women to help prevent UTIs, but it's completely useless for men to prevent bacterial STD's? Is the bacteria that causes STDs in men that much different than the bacteria that causes UTIs in women, such that the very same process (urinating after sex) is helpful to women but completely useless for men?

I would appreciate any thoughtful explanations you may have that will help my reconcile this apparent contradiction.

Thanks!

Gary

[gracefromHHP]

he said the same thing I did - no real benefit for males and it's for non-std related causes for females.

[GaryK69]

It's not that I didn't like the answer you gave me. It's that you didn't address my question, for whatever reason.

And I actually did pay to ask them this exact question (before you recommended that I do, I might add). And Dr. Handsfield understood exactly what I was asking and directly address my question. (please read it here: http://www.medhelp.org/posts/STDs/Good-for-women--but-not-for-men-when-it-comes-to-bacterial-infections/show/1533266?personal_page_id=1855801#post_6963270 )

I'm not sure why you never addressed the main point that I was asking...

[gracefromHHP]

why not pay to ask Dr's Hook and Handsfield this question since you don't seem to like the answer I have given you?

[GaryK69]

Here is my bottom line question, since there appears to be a misunderstanding going on.

Shouldn't it be beneficial for MEN to pee after sex to help PREVENT STD infection caused by bacteria?

I always read that peeing after sex for MEN doesn't do anything to PREVENT STD infection caused by bacteria.

What I want to know is WHY?

Logic would tell me it would help flush out any bacteria that had gotten in....

[gracefromHHP]

men have a much longer urethra so bacterial are less likely to migrate up into the bladder and establish infection.  it certainly won't hurt to pee after sex but not really a lot of benefit from it either.

we caution women to pee after sex due to non-std infections more so than std related infections.

[GaryK69]

That really doesn't address my main point though.

If it's beneficial for women to urinate after sex to help prevent bacteria from taking hold and multiplying, why wouldn't it be equally beneficial for men to urinate after sex to help prevent STDs caused by bacteria from taking hold and multiplying?

Or is it beneficial for men too?

[gracefromHHP]

it's a much shorter pathway for us gals than it is your fellows. that's why we tell women to do it and not men.

also we gals have 3 orifices all within a few inches of each other too which increases our risk for fecal bacteria to get into our urethra's - another issue you fellows are free from too.


grace