Possible causes for men who experience pain in the urethra during urination: 1. Acute urethritis or cystitis, when acute congestion and edema of the mucosa of the urethra and bladder can occur, accompanied by changes of erosion. Pain in the urethra can be produced when urine flows through the mucosa of the associated lesion. It is also possible to have symptoms such as frequent urination, urinary urgency, small abdominal pain or lumbar pain. 2. If there are urethral stones, pain in the urethra can also occur, and the pain is mostly continuous stabbing pain. Most of them are accompanied by dyspareunia or straining to urinate and bifurcation of urination. The patient feels a foreign body in the urethra and needs to undergo urethroscopy to clarify the presence of stones. 3. If you are a young man with prostatitis, you can also experience pain in the urethra when you urinate. This is accompanied by swelling and pain in the perineal area, or the appearance of white discharge dripping from the urethra, etc. The actual fact is that you will need to retain the prostate fluid for laboratory tests and culture tests to confirm the diagnosis.