What is the cause of painful urination?

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Painful Urination

Q. What is the cause of painful urination?

A. There are many causes. The most com­mon cause perhaps is too highly concentrated urine, the result of insufficient water drinking. This condition is most likely to occur in the sum­mer time when the skin is active. The majority of persons drink too little water. The amount of liquid taken should be at least three or four pints a day. There are many other causes, as cystitis or inflammation of the bladder, inflam­mation of the urethrea, tuberculosis of the bladder, cancerous growths of the bladder, cal­culi, in men, enlargement of the prostate gland, in women displacement of the womb. When the cause is due to concentrated urine it is speedily relieved by drinking large quantities of water, hot or cold, or hot lemonade. A warm sitz bath, temperature 101° to 103° F. for five minutes, 98° F. for ten minutes, a fomentation over the bladder or a large warm enema will usually af­ford relief.

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