A urethral stricture involves scarring that narrows the tube that carries urine out of our body (urethra). A stricture restricts the flow of urine from the bladder and can cause a variety of medical problems in the urinary tract, including inflammation or infection.

Signs and symptoms of urethral stricture include:

• Decreased urine stream
• Incomplete bladder emptying
• Spraying of the urine stream
• Difficulty, straining or pain when urinating
• Increased urge to urinate or more-frequent urination
• Urinary tract infection

CAUSES OF URETHRAL STRICTURE

Scar tissue, which can narrow the urethra, can be due to:

• A medical procedure that involves inserting an instrument, such as an endoscope, into the urethra
• Intermittent or long-term use of a tube inserted through the urethra to drain the bladder (catheter)
• Trauma or injury to the urethra or pelvis
• An enlarged prostate or previous surgery to remove or reduce an enlarged prostate gland
• Cancer of the urethra or prostate
• Sexually transmitted infections
• Radiation therapy

HOMOEOPATHIC TREATMENT FOR URETHRAL STRICTURE

CLEMATIS : Very useful medicine for urethral stricture when there is a need to strain to initiate urine. There is difficulty to start passing urine immediately in spite of the urge and needs to strain hard.There is frequent urination yet there is passage of scanty urine and inability to pass all the urine at once followed by dribbling after urination.

NITRIC ACID : Useful for urethral stricture with thin urinary stream.Given where the urine stream is very thin from stricture. There is burning and stinging on urinating.There is scanty, dark and highly offensive urine.

Prunus Spinosa : Useful for urethral stricture where the urine stream is as thin as a thread sometime even be forked.There is ineffectual and urgent need to urinate.Useful for urine which appears only after straining for long.

CHIMAPHILLA : Useful where there is a need to strain excessively hard to pass urine.There is frequent urge to urinate but there is scanty urine.Also useful for burning and scalding while urinating.Given when urine is only passed by putting extreme pressure and inclining the body forward.

MAGNESIA PHOS : Useful where the person is able to pass urine by excessive straining, pressure and bearing down with abdominal muscles.Useful for pale urine which is passed in drops.

MERC SOL : Indicated when there is frequent urge to urinate day and night. There is small and weak stream.There is burning in urethra during or after urination.

NATRUM MUR : Useful where the frequency to urinate is most marked at night. There is urge to pass urine which is sudden and urgent, with inability to hold.

ARGENTUM NITRICUM : Useful for dribbling after urinationArgentum Nitricum is prescribed where a few drops of urine dribble after completing the act of micturition. The stream of urine is also divided. Pain, burning and itching in urethra may also be felt. Homeopathic medicine Clematis is helpful where the person needs to strain hard to begin urinating, the urine flows in interrupted stream, the person is unable to pass all the urine at once and there is dribbling of urine.

Cantharis And Apis Mellifica – Reliable Homeopathic Medicines For Urethral Stricture With Painful Urination (Dysuria)

Cantharis and Apis Mellifica are among the most significant Homeopathic medicines for urethral stricture where marked pain is experienced while urinating. Cantharis is recommended where there is excessive pain in urethra before, during and after passing urine. The pain may be cutting, burning in nature. This is attended with constant and ineffectual desire to urinate. Sometimes urine passes drop by drop. Apis Mellifica is the most suited among Homeopathic medicines for urethral stricture when there is stinging, smarting burning, or scalding pain while passing urine. The pain gets worse while passing the last few drops of urine. There is frequent urge to urinate with scanty urine.