Whether women have pain when inserting a urinary catheter is mainly related to the patient’s condition and the physician’s operation. Under normal circumstances, there is no pain, but for the existence of urethral injuries, urethral stenosis and other diseases, there can be pain when inserting a urinary catheter; use of inappropriate catheter type, paraffin oil is not used, or improper operation and so on, can cause pain.
1. Normal situation: Since the urethra of female patients is short and does not have physiological curvature and narrowing, inserting a catheter will not cause pain in the urethra under normal circumstances.
2. Urethral disease: for the existence of urethral injury, stenosis, inflammation and other diseases, in the insertion of urinary catheter can stimulate the mucous membrane of the urethra, which in turn appear pain.
3. Improper operation: the physician chooses the inappropriate type of urethra, such as catheter is too thick, etc., before inserting the urinary catheter did not use the paraffin oil to smear and insert the urinary catheter in the incorrect direction of force, etc., can lead to the patient’s pain.
It is recommended that the patient complete the examination before inserting the urinary catheter to clarify the condition, and the insertion of the urinary catheter is operated by a professional physician to avoid obvious pain.