Urination Problem Quiz  Urination Problem Quiz  Wireless

Do you experience pain and difficulty with urination?

That might be a sign of some common conditions, as well as more serious problems.

Urine carries the waste from your kidneys out. For a while, it sits in the bladder. The tube leading from bladder outside is named urethra. On the way down it is surrounded by prostate gland.

Common problems include frequent, painful, difficult and uncontrolled urination.

Let’s consider some of them:

Pain and fever suggest an infection (kidneys infection is called pyelonephritis, bladder infection - cystitis)

Ache or itching under scrotum in a male may mean an infection of the prostate gland.

Discharge from the tip of the penis may be an infection sign, for example, urethritis (inflammation of urethra) after some bacteria invasion – let’s say from sexually transmitted disease such as gonorrhea.

Leaking urine when you cough or sneeze (especially if you are female) may mean stress incontinence. Involuntary urination means the lack of bladder control.

A male with dribble urine after urination, or problems starting the urine stream may have prostate gland enlargement - either a benign hyperplasia or a tumor.  An infection might also lead to this condition.

Urge to urinate after you just used the restroom may come from an infection in the bladder, bladder stone

Urine discoloration may be a result of bladder infection or renal problems.

    
    
    
More urine than usual together with weight loss, thirst and frequent skin infection may mean Diabetes (especially if you have history of diabetes in your family).

    
    
Blood in your urine might be a sign of kidney stone, tumor of urinary tract, trauma, infection and even some bleeding disorder.

Frequent urination might come from:

Drinking excess of fluids
Anxiety
Medicines
Alcohol
Caffeine-containing foods and drinks
Pregnancy
Prostate gland problem inflammation or infection
Cystitis
Urethritis
Bladder tumor
Bladder stone
Vaginal inflammation or infection
Other urinary infection

Abnormal Color in Urine is caused by multiple reasons.

Always Check with you doctor if your urination changed. Urgent evaluation is required for bloody, cloudy or painful urination. If you bladder is full, but you cannot urinate, that’s an emergency.

I have asked Louise to review one of the problems:

"Urinary Tract Infection

Urinary tract infections usually cause some mild pain, but at times can be extremely painful, especially if the infection happens to spread into the kidneys as well. The infection is far more common in women than men, and most women will have more than one during their lifetime. I hope that you haven’t suffered a urinary tract infection yet, but it’s good to know a little more about this situation in case you do end up being unlucky.

Let’s take a closer look at what this infection is. The urinary system’s main function is to remove waste from your body. The kidneys cleanse the blood and the ureters carry the waste from the kidneys down to the bladder. The waste exits the urethra, which is part of the lower urinary tract. Most cases of infection involve the lower tract, but as I mentioned before, infections can spread to include the upper urinary tract as well.

Your first defense to rid yourself of a urinary tract infection is antibiotics, but there are a few other things that you can do to help prevent the infection in the first place.

If you find you have a burning sensation while urinating or feel that you constantly have to go pee, but you’re only passing small amounts of urine at a time, this may be the first sign that bacteria has entered your urinary tract. Once the bacteria enter your system, it begins to multiply rapidly, despite the many defenses your urinary system already has in place.

Women’s anatomy is the reason women tend to be more susceptible to urinary tract infections than men are. A woman’s urethra is much shorter than a man’s is, and the bacteria have less distance to travel. Certain types of birth control, such as diaphragms and spermicides, can also place you in a high-risk category for urinary tract infections. Regardless of what may have started the infection, you have to seek treatment immediately. To allow a urinary tract infection to go without proper treatment is an open invitation for chronic kidney infections.

Doctors prescribe antibiotics to treat the condition. The most common type of antibiotic is amoxicillin. Be sure to let your doctor know if you have any allergies to certain antibiotics before he or she prescribes them for you. Although your symptoms may clear up within a few days, it is important to continue taking the antibiotics until the bottle is empty. You want to make sure that you completely destroy the offending bacteria. If you don’t finish the course of medication, thinking that you’re cured of the infection, the bacteria could still be lurking in your body and you may have a relapse.

Of course, prevention is always the best medicine, but here are some more helpful tips. Drink plenty of liquids. You may have heard that cranberry juice has bacterial-fighting properties, however if you are taking the blood-thinning drug warfarin, the combination of warfarin and cranberry juice could lead to excessive bleeding. Urinate as soon as you feel the need to; don’t try to hold it in. Wipe from front to back to prevent the spread of bacteria. After intercourse, empty your bladder as soon as possible. Finally, avoid feminine hygiene products that might contain irritating ingredients.

Be sure to inform your doctor if your condition persists, or if you find you are having reoccurring episodes of urinary tract infections."

Check:

Urination Problem Quiz

Urination Problem Quiz  Wireless

Kidney Stone Quiz

Also check:

Pain. Pain. Pain. How to deal with kidney stone?

Pain, pain. Kidney stones

Erectile Dysfunction

Bladder cancer. Signs

Kidney Cancer. Part 1.

Bladder cancer. Intro

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