The annals of emergency medicine provide numerous accounts of patients who have sought treatment for the removal of sizeable foreign objects from the rectum or urethra, items which sometimes ended up ...

The urethra is a tube that carries urine from the bladder so it can be expelled from the body. Usually the urethra is wide enough for urine to flow freely through it. When the urethra narrows, it can ...

Urethral prolapse, also known as urethrocele, is a very rare condition most often found in prepubescent girls. The likelihood of this condition happening is about 1 out of every 5,000 girls. Urethral ...

Urethral sounding is a medical procedure and sexual practice where a thin, smooth object is inserted into your urethra. Your urethra is the hollow tube that allows pee to leave your body. Sounding is ...

A urethral caruncle is a small, benign vascular growth that usually occurs at the back part of the distalmost end of the urethra. Your urethra is the duct through which urine exits your body. It’s ...

In a recent study published in Cell Reports Medicine journal, researchers in the United States (US) used a shotgun metagenomic approach to characterize urethral microbiomes of specimens from healthy ...

A 26-year-old man presented to clinic with a 3-day history of worsening dysuria and decreased urinary output; he had no additional systemic symptoms. He reluctantly disclosed that on the evening ...

A 22-year-old man made the world wince after revealing that a 3-inch pair of tweezers was lodged in his urethra for four years. The man, who has chosen to go unnamed, visited a clinic in Saudi Arabia ...

A man lost part of his penis after shoving three 1cm-wide button batteries into his urethra. The unnamed 73-year-old, from Australia, waited 24 hours before seeking medical attention. He confessed to ...