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By Mayo Clinic staffPainful urination (dysuria) is pain or burning with urination, usually felt in your urethra — the urinary outlet of your bladder — or your perineum — the area surrounding your genitals. Anyone may experience bouts of painful urination. Painful urination is the most common symptom of a urinary tract infection, especially in women. In men, urinary tract infections are somewhat less common; urethritis and prostate conditions are more frequent causes of painful urination.
- Carter C, et al. Urinary tract disorders. In: Rakel RE. Textbook of Family Medicine. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Saunders Elsevier; 2007. http://www.mdconsult.com/das/book/body/143905792-6/0/1481/587.html?tocnode=53395291&fromURL=587.html#4-u1.0-B978-1-4160-2467-5..50054-3_3505. Accessed June 17, 2009.
- Agner AC. Urinary symptoms: Dysuria. In: Hillard PA. The 5-Minute Obstetrics & Gynecology Consult. Philadelphia, Pa.: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2008:42.
- Dysuria. The Merck Manuals: The Merck Manual for Healthcare Professionals. http://www.merck.com/mmpe/print/sec17/ch226/ch226f.html. Accessed June 17, 2009.
