Very uncomfortable constant pressure to urinate
I have been worked up for urinary tract issues and nothing has been found. Yet, I constantly feel pressure at the urethra to urinate. I am wondering if the problem is pressure on the clitoris or damage to the clitoris. I would love to know if anyone has explored this problem and gotten a diagnosis. Thank you.
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notgonnadoit23, Have you had a cystoscopy done? I wonder if you have Interstitial Cystitis. It mimicks a
UTI with pressure and frequent urination.
A Urologist would have to diagnose this for you and it would show up in a cystoscopy.
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Yes. I had a CT scan of the whole abdominal area - no structural problems found. I had a cystoscopy and the inside tissue of the bladder and urethra is all normal. I was examined by a urogynecologist who said it is not a urinary tract issue because when she pressed on the bladder and urethra, I had no pressure. But when she pressed on the uterus, I felt the pressure a lot. She thought it could be scar tissue from my 2 C-Sections, possibly pulling on the abdominal wall. I’m not sure.
After she pressed on the uterus, the discomfort was AWFUL that night. Tight jeans make it worse
Thank you for responding.
Is there pain in your lower abdomen, uterine, area?
Not pain. The symptom I feel is pressure or the ache one feels when you need to urinate, exactly at the urethra/clitoris area.
I don’t know if I this is the same, but I developed pain, pressure and the feeling that I needed to urinate all the time. I thought it was a bladder infection, but was checked for that and it wasn’t. My primary doctor ordered an internal ultrasound and there was nothing wrong. I then went to a female doctor at the Mayo Clinic and she gave me some vaginal estrace crème that you insert 1 gram a couple times a week and the problem completely disappeared. I only use it now if I have this problem start again.
Wow. I will try that. Thank you.