What are the risks for men with urethral stones?

  Is it serious for men to have urethral stones? Urethral stones are a common urinary stone disease, the formation of its causes are mainly urinary tract obstruction, urinary tract infection, urethral stricture, urinary tract foreign bodies, etc. Many male friends do not understand the urethral stones, think more water stones will naturally be able to flush out, will not cause harm, but in reality not, so men with urethral stones is serious?  Men with urethral stones 1, the formation of urethral diverticulum and stones, male patients are mostly urethral discharge and painful urination, in the penis can be palpable under a gradually increasing and hard swelling, there is obvious pressure pain, but no obstruction to urination.  2, resulting in difficulty in urination, leading to urinary system lesions, urinary effort, sometimes there may be interruption of urine flow and urinary retention.  3. Stimulation of urethral stones can lead to urethritis, ulcers, urethral abscesses and fistulas, which can lead to the penis and scrotum. The clinical manifestations are local pain and disorder of urination, urinary urgency, frequency, thin and weak urine flow, chronic dribbling, dripping, urinary incontinence, purulent discharge from the urethral orifice when complicated by infection, and hematuria. If the stone is embedded and obstructs the urethra, there is penile pain, acute urinary retention and urinary leakage.