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What Causes Burning Sensation While Urinating?

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Posted on Tue, 6 May 2014
Question: Burning while urinate since 2 days. And also itching the skin around testicals,could not see any infection or wounds. Please advice.
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Answered by Dr. Vaishalee Punj (8 hours later)
Brief Answer: May mean urethritis Detailed Answer: Hi Thanks for posting your query on HealthcareMagic. Burning while urination may suggest urethritis. It can either be due to infection of the urinary tract or an inflammation in the urethra. It can cause some itching of the skin that is coming in its contact. Otherwise itching of the skin can be from dryness or fungal infection. I would suggest the following: - Get a complete urine examination done to find the cause - For itching of skin, if it is persistent and bad, then you can try hydrocortisone 0.1% ointment to be applied two times a day or as needed for 3 - 5 days after consultation with a doctor. Hope it helps. Dr Vaishalee
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Follow up: Dr. Vaishalee Punj (1 hour later)
Could you pleas suggest how to treat?i am taking citralkae
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Answered by Dr. Vaishalee Punj (21 minutes later)
Brief Answer: Please go for urinalysis Detailed Answer: Hi again I would advise you to go for urinalysis before you take any medicine. You have to confirm that you have infection. In the meanwhile: - drink lots of clean water, minimum, of 3 to 4lts per day. - citralka contains sodium citrate, normal dosage for adults is 2 tsp 4t imes daily,don't take for more than 2 weeks. - you may need antibiotics if your suffering from infection of urinary tract. The usual antibiotic that I prescribe is nitrofurantoin or ciprofloxacin but it has to be taken according to culture and sensitivity report. Take care Dr Vaishalee
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What Causes Burning Sensation While Urinating?

Brief Answer: May mean urethritis Detailed Answer: Hi Thanks for posting your query on HealthcareMagic. Burning while urination may suggest urethritis. It can either be due to infection of the urinary tract or an inflammation in the urethra. It can cause some itching of the skin that is coming in its contact. Otherwise itching of the skin can be from dryness or fungal infection. I would suggest the following: - Get a complete urine examination done to find the cause - For itching of skin, if it is persistent and bad, then you can try hydrocortisone 0.1% ointment to be applied two times a day or as needed for 3 - 5 days after consultation with a doctor. Hope it helps. Dr Vaishalee