Urethra Pain

  I have a recurring pain in my urethra,
  either in my penis or further up into my
  testicals or even a little further up.
   The pain started after a Kidney
  Stone episode about a month and a half
  ago.  The pain lasts either from 20
  minutes to a few hours. It is usually
  throbbing in nature and can range from
  uncomfortable to quite painful. As I
  said, the pain can be in the tip of penis,
  to the penis, to below the testicles.
  SometimesI feel the urge to urinate and
  cannot do so.Sometimes a day will pass
  and I will notfeel the symptoms.
  I never actually saw (or felt) the stone
   pass through my penis at the time of the
   Kidney Stone episode although the acute
  pain stopped. I am wondering
  if it is possible there
   is still a stone up there? I get Kidney
  Stones quite often and do not always feel
  them pass. If not, can my
   Urethra simply have been damaged by
  the stone? Or irritated?
  I do not have a fever, so I am wondering
  if it is an infection. Is there any treatment
  for any of these or any pain killers?
  Thanks for any advice you could give.
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Dear Shawn,
It sure sounds like you have a stone to me.  All of the symptoms you described can be explained by the presence of a stone.  The stone may be very close to the opening into the bladder or even in the bladder.  Irritation of the trigone of the bladder can account for the sensations at the tip of the penis.  The pain you experience occurs when the stone shifts and causes a partial or temporary obstruction referring pain to your testicles and even your abdomen.  The urgency comes from the bladder itself being irritated, again a stone in the bladder tunnel of the ureter or inside the bladder.  The fact that there was a stone and you never felt it pass increases the chance that the stone or a fragment of the stone is still present.  You might consider getting another abdominal X-ray of the kidneys, ureters, and bladder.  In the mean time straining your urine through a strainer would let you know if it passed.
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