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dysuria
EntityQ1269399· pop 33· linked from 163 articles

Also known as UTI

Dysuria is a painful or otherwise uncomfortable sensation in the urethra associated with urination. It can be caused by various conditions, such as urinary tract infections.

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Medical condition (new).name
Dysuria
Medical condition (new).field
Urology, infectious disease

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Research

6,285 papers

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Diagnosis
  • Differential diagnosis
  • Drugs and irritants
  • Genital
  • Urinary tract
  • Other
  • References
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Dysuria is a painful or otherwise uncomfortable sensation in the urethra associated with urination. It can be caused by various conditions, such as urinary tract infections.

It is one of a constellation of irritative bladder symptoms (also sometimes referred to as lower urinary tract symptoms), which includes nocturia and urinary frequency.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “dysuria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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