15 year old son unable to pee

[BabyST]

Hi there, I'm new here.

My 15 year old son has difficulty having a pee. He said over the last hour he has to strain to pass urine and some times a bit comes out other times it's just dribbled. He says his the top of his penis is slightly sore.

Iv asked him has he been kicked or hurt himself down there in any way and he says no. Also when he manages to wee it's just white no smell.

Any tips on what it could be?

Most likely will call GP in morning.

TIA

Hope he feels better soon. Sounds like a uti.

Good luck hope he is ok x

Hi op, how was your night with your son?

Thank you lovely'a!! It's been a long night my OH has just taken over so for awhile. He was seen pretty quick in A&E. They have put a catheter in which has done the trick. Still in at the moment. From what I can gather they think there is or was a stone in his urine tract blocking everything up. His bag now has a lot of blood in it but iv been told it's normal. That's a lot of trauma to his tract with the stone and the catheter. They booked him for a CT to check for anymore stones that could block him up again. We have been pushing water down him to try flush everything out.

I'm off for a nap while his Dad looks after him.

Thanks to all you lovely's for your help and support. Your amazing x I'll update later when I know more.

Glad they got it sorted OP.

If a stone, unusual for this age. Expect blood tests to see if he is a stone grower.
I usually advise no tea, coffee, alcohol, juice, fizzy drinks as well.
Just water and more water.
Has the pain in his side gone?

Oh poor him. And you! Hope he recovers quickly.

So glad you are getting sorted - hope all goes well x

Poor kid. Good job you took him to A&E. Sounds like they’re taking it all very seriously. Hope they get to the bottom of it and he’s better soon.

@Weenurse yes very uncommon apparently.

We have been discharged now to be reviews by Peads urology in a few weeks.

He's pretty sore down there and apparently will be for a few days. I'll keep a good eye on him and see how he goes. After seeing him role around in pain last night after the bath taking him to A&E was a must 😰

Pain in his side went after the catheter went in. They weren't concerned about that. Hopefully he won't be bleeding down there for to long. Plenty of rest for a few days x

After the catheter you need to stay near a loo for a bit. When you gotta go.........

Yeah sure thing. He's just in his pjs now chilling out for the day. Fingers crossed x

Ahhh so glad he has some relief now. This is exactly what happened to my daughter. (13) Urine retention. Caused by stones. She’s often produces them sadly bless her. We keep her flushed with lots of fluids etc.
Hope he recovers soon. It does leave them sore and vulnerable for a while x

@Flossie44 I hope your daughter is doing well. Yeah I feel for him so much. Painfully as well as embarrassing for him. Iv tried to tell him not to worry about the embarrassing bit. I'm glad we are not alone x

Babyst - she is doing great thanks. She still gets problems if she doesn’t drink enough. But thankfully hasn’t gone into retention for about 2 years. She gets a severe cramp in her side and feels v nauseous with it. She passes flakes and grit when it happens. It’s awful for them as like you say, embarrassing at that age. But once out in the open, it becomes less of an issue.
Wishing you some sleep and your son to get better soon. I’m sure he feels a lot of relief now he’s able to go.

@Flossie44 I agree very distressing. We are a very open family so he comes to us with everything so not embarrassing from that point of view. He's just embarrassed with strangers although docs and nurses seeing down there.

Glad she's doing well for over two years. I'm happy now the doc checked everything down there and is happy how puberty is going. So I think it's an early night for us. Xx

Ouch, poor DS! Glad he was seen and treated. Is good that he came to you for advice.

Of course it’s embarrassing, especially for a teen. But it’s a good lesson for the future, showing him that there’s no need to be embarrassed around a HCP who’s seen it all before.

I don’t understand what you mean when you said the doctor is happy how puberty is going? You mean you asked the doctor to check how developed your son’s genitals were? Because that must have been way more embarrassing than a catheter!

Yes because our 20 year old son has just been diagnosed with Klinefelter Syndrome. I have 3 boys 20,15,12 and the plan was for them all to be checked for it now that 1 has it. I only mentioned his bro had it. (It's a whole other story)

For those of you who don't know what it is have a quick read. It's an added stress I didn't need nor the rest of us. So for them to just make sure 15 year old doesn't appear to have it after last nights events was a slight ease. I hadn't heard of it before. I have them booked in for an appointment with the GP in 3 weeks time. It's just not been a good month health wise.

Oh, I’m with you now OP. I’d heard of Klinefelter’s but didn’t know it was as common as 1 in 660. I’d assumed it was much rarer. That must have been a shock for you all.

It's absolutely shocked us to bits. Yeah from what iv read it's like 1 in 600 but I just want to make sure the other two don't have it.