Dysuria is painful urination, usually described to be a burning or stinging sensation.

• Urinary tract:
  • Kidney stones
  • Urethral stricture
  • Cystitis
  • UTI, caused by bacterial infection
  • STD, including chlamydia
  • Urethritis
  • Urinary schistosmiasis
  • Malignancy, e.g. bladder cancer, prostate cancer, urethral cancer
  • Pyelonephritis
  • Hemorrhagic cystitis
  • Trichomoniasis
  • Men:
    • Prostate enlargement, i.e. prostate cancer, and benign prostatic hyperplasia
    • Prostatitis
• Genital:
  • Women:
    • Endometriosis
    • Vaginitis
  • Men:
    • Prostate cancer
    • Benign prostatic hyperplasia
    • Prostatitis
• Drugs and irritants:
  • Chemical irritants, e.g. soaps, tampons, toilet paper
  • Drugs, e.g. NSAID's, anticholinergics
• Other:
  • Reactive arthritis
  • Diverticulitis
  • Hypotension
  • Mass in the abdomen

• Urinary frequency
• Hematuria