Meatal Stenosis
Alternate Names : Urethral Meatal Stenosis
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Female Urinary Tract
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The female and male urinary tracts are relatively the same except for the length of the urethra.
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Male Urinary Tract
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The male and female urinary tracts are relatively the same except for the length of the urethra.
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Meatal Stenosis
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Meatal stenosis results from irritation of the urethral opening at the end of the penis, which leads to tissue growth and scarring across the opening. The growth narrows the end of the penis causing the urine flow to become a fine narrow stream. Sometimes there is also bleeding at the end of urination. Meatal stenosis can usually be treated in the physician's office using local anesthesia to the area and dilating (widening) the urethral opening with special instruments.
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