Urethral stricture

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I’m a bit embarrassed to post this.

I have a urethral stricture. I’ve had it since about the 6th grade (that’s when I started noticing a significant increase in pain while urinating).

I only recently just was diagnosed with it because pain has turned into bleeding on occasion. It’s downright embarrassing and my urologist suggested surgery for a permanent fix.

The thought of surgery down there completely terrifies me, I barely stayed conscious during the cystoscopy. Are there any people who have strictures as well? And if so are there any pain relieving tips you can suggest that doesn’t include sounding or stretching?

I know surgery might have to come later on in my life but I’d like to hold off until it has a better success rate. Thanks.
 

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I have two congenital urethral strictures which caused no particular problem until I started having prostate infections in my 30s. The urologist stretched the urethra two different times and that seemed to alleviate the problem. It was not a pleasant procedure to say the least. This all happened close to 40 years ago. I have had a number of cystoscopies since then and, although the strictures are still present, they have caused not additional problem. I did ask a urologist about that stretching recently and was told it isn't done much these days. I would guess if you are having bleeding you might have something else going on besides just the stricture or the stricture might involve some sort of growth that should be removed. The best thing to do if you don't feel comfortable with this doc's idea is to get a second opinion.
 
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A urethral genesis should therefore be recognized early and treated. The main symptoms are usually a decrease in the urinary stream or a very thin or divided urinary stream. In addition, a urine dripping may be present.
If you have such signs of urethral disease, we recommend that you check with your urologist. This can be done by taking a urinary stream measurement, an X-ray (for this purpose, a contrast agent is introduced into the urethra (completely painless)). or a reflection of the urethra to detect a urethra.
There are various options for treating urethral disease, but the decision as to which therapy option is appropriate should be made individually. Your urologist will help you with this.
When a urethral genesis first occurs, a urethral slit (urethrotomy) is usually performed. Here, under full or partial anesthesia under visual sight, a pencil-thick optical instrument is inserted into the urethra and expanded with a blade or a laser probe, the narrowing of the urethra. Subsequently, a catheter is placed over the urethra, which remains there for a few days.
Incidentally, I had this treatment done and had no problems with it. Only courage!
For me, a bladder mirroring was performed only with a Betübungsflüssigkeit, I found this to be completely unproblematic. Everyone has a different sensation of pain. In this study, a narrowing of the urethra was found. This narrowing was eliminated by an ambulatory urethral slit (urethrotomy). In this case, a pencil-thick optical instrument was introduced into the urethra after insertion of an anesthetic fluid under view and expanded with a blade, the narrowing of the urethra. Subsequently, a catheter was placed over the urethra, which remained there for 3 days so that the incision could not close immediately. Subsequent stretching of the urethra was not necessary. I did not have any pain either. And I could not find a swelling.:)
 
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