Urethra Pain

[dlanae]

I'm 41 year old female and have been having this problem for quite sometime and I'm desperate to find out what is going on with me.  I'm having pain on the tip of my urethra; it is sore and burns; intercourse ecspecially afterwards seems irritate the problem.  I have a pulling senstaion above my pubic bone the tends to go towards the right up by my ovaries.  When I push on this area it is tender and I can definettely feel the pressure directly relate to the parin on the outside of my urethra. Sometimes in the morning when I first urinate my urine is cloudy.  I do not have a yeast infection, STD, bladder infection and I have been tested for intersistal cysitis but they do not think this is my problem.  I can usually urinate with no problem but at times I do not feel like my bladder is completely empyting but there does seem to always be some type of light pressure on my bladder.   I have been diagnosed with IBS and at times in consipated and have hemrohids.

This is driving me crazy!  Any suggestions as to the direction I need to go would be very appreciated. Thanks so much.

[Lennox Hoyte, M.D.]

I see patients with pain at the tip of the urethra from time to time. If there is no swelling or redness at the area, I have sometimes been able to treat it with a 2 week course of doxycycline. Regarding the deeper, pulling sensation, this sounds like a muscle problem.  I agree, a pelvic floor physical therapist should be able to help with this.

Dr. hoyte

[free spirit]

Look into the symptoms for interstitial cystitis.       Also, the facia holding everything together inside may be tight and unmoving.  A PT who is competent in myofacial release may be able to help.