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What to do if every now an then i will go to urinate an it splits into 2 streams 1 up 1 down. why does this occur?
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Here are some ...: What you described is called splaying urine flow resulting from weakening urine flow as men age or the younger with urethral stricture and from the urine turbulence of urine passing the last 1-m section of urethra - called fossa navicularis - like an elongated oval shaped passage but out of the opening - called meatus like a slit in shape; together, the splaying /spraying urine stream forms...
Answered 8/17/2014
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