The male urethra consists of three main parts – the prostatic urethra, the membranous urethra and the spongy or penile urethra. The urethra is the tubular part of the urinary system that carries the ...

Learn how certain conditions, contraceptives, lifestyle factors, and more can cause recurrent urinary tract infections and ...

Urethral prolapse, also known as urethrocele, is a very rare condition most often found in prepubescent girls. The likelihood of this condition happening is about 1 out of every 5,000 girls. Urethral ...

The urethra is a tube that carries urine from the bladder so it can be expelled from the body. Usually the urethra is wide enough for urine to flow freely through it. When the urethra narrows, it can ...

The annals of emergency medicine provide numerous accounts of patients who have sought treatment for the removal of sizeable foreign objects from the rectum or urethra, items which sometimes ended up ...

A fistula is an abnormal hole in the bowel or the bladder. A recto-urethral fistula is a hole between the urethra (urinary channel) and the rectum. This hole leads to leakage of urine into the rectum ...

In a recent study published in Cell Reports Medicine journal, researchers in the United States (US) used a shotgun metagenomic approach to characterize urethral microbiomes of specimens from healthy ...

A urethral stricture can seriously impact a man’s life. Previous treatments available had low success rate, but there are new options available to treat the condition. Dr. Jeremy B. Myers talks about ...

A urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of those uncomfortable health situations that many people know all too well. The sting, the constant urge to run to the bathroom and the interruptions to work or ...

Urethral stricture is scarring in the urethra, the tube that moves urine out of your body. The scarring blocks or narrows your urethra and makes it difficult to urinate. It can cause pain. If left ...