Blog # 146 Andrew Siegel, MD
As I defined it in the urban dictionary, “urgasm” is when urine is ejaculated at the time of the male sexual climax.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=urgasm&defid=7516472
The penis has a dual role as a urinary organ allowing “directed” urination that permits men to stand to urinate, and a sexual and reproductive organ that, when erect, allows the penis to penetrate the vagina and release semen. Although urinary and sexual functions are discrete and separate, their interplay is complex and treatment for prostate cancer with surgery or radiation can muddle the distinction.
Semen or seminal fluid is what comprises the ejaculate. Less than 5% of the volume is actually sperm and the other 95+% is a cocktail of genital secretions that helps provide nourishment, support and chemical safekeeping for sperm cells. About 70% of the volume comes from the seminal vesicles, which secrete a thick, viscous fluid and 25% from the prostate gland, which produces a milky-white fluid. A negligible amount is from the bulbo-urethral glands, which release a clear viscous fluid that has a lubrication function. The average ejaculate volume is 2-5 milliliters (one teaspoon is the equivalent of 5 milliliters).
“Climacturia” is the medical term for leakage of urine during orgasm, but I much prefer the term that I have coined, a combination of the words “urine” and “orgasm” into “urgasm.” What happens is that urine is “ejaculated” instead of semen. This is a not uncommon occurrence in men treated for prostate cancer with radical prostatectomy, which removes those organs largely responsible for semen production, the prostate and the seminal vesicles. It also can occur after radiation as a treatment for prostate cancer. Even though it is urine that is ejaculated and not semen, the sensation usually remains the same. Urine is generally sterile, so there is limited potential for spreading an infection to a partner.
Urinary incontinence (the inadvertent) leakage of urine, often associated with exertional activities, is commonly present in men complaining of urgasm. After radical prostatectomy, it is typically stress incontinence, leakage with exercise, coughing, bending over, sudden movements, etc. The presence of stress incontinence is a key risk factor for the occurrence of urgasm. However, some men have stress incontinence in the absence of urgasms and other men have urgasms in the absence of stress incontinence.
Urgasm can be quite distressing to the man who experiences it, as well as his partner, who might not appreciate the “golden shower.” Urinating immediately prior to engaging in sexual activity can be very helpful, it being imperative to empty the bladder as completely as possible. Pelvic floor exercises—aka Kegels—very helpful in the management of stress incontinence—may prove helpful in terms of improving urgasm. Pelvic floor muscle contractions are the body’s natural mechanism to facilitate expelling the urethral contents. When contracted, the bulbocavernosus muscle (BC)—the body’s urethral “stripper”—compresses the deep, internal aspect of the urethra, displacing the urine within outwards. The 1909 Gray’s Anatomy refers to the BC muscle the “ejaculator urine.” Pelvic floor muscle training can foster a powerful BC muscle to help increase the capability to empty the urethra. If you are experiencing urgasm, vigorously contract the BC muscle several times after completing urination in order to empty the urethra. If necessary, this can be supplemented by manual compression and milking of the urethra in an effort to get every drop out before engaging in sexual intercourse.
Bottom Line: Ejaculation of urine is a not uncommon occurrence following treatment for prostate cancer, particularly removal of the prostate gland. It can be a vexing problem to the patient and partner, but can be improved with simple measures, focusing on gaining facility of the bulbocavernosus muscle, one of the important pelvic floor muscles.
Andrew Siegel, M.D.
Author of: Male Pelvic Fitness: Optimizing Sexual and Urinary Health; in press and available in e-book and paperback formats in April 2014.
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