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Urologic diseases or conditions include urinary tract infections, kidney stones, bladder control problems, and prostate problems, among others. Some urologic conditions do not affect a person for that long and some are lifetime conditions.
List of neurological conditions and disorders. This is a list of major and frequently observed neurological disorders (e.g., Alzheimer's disease ), symptoms (e.g., back pain ), signs (e.g., aphasia) and syndromes (e.g., Aicardi syndrome ). There is disagreement over the definitions and criteria used to delineate various disorders and whether ...
Urologic disease can involve congenital or acquired dysfunction of the urinary system. As an example, urinary tract obstruction is a urologic disease that can cause urinary retention . Diseases of the kidney tissue are normally treated by nephrologists , while diseases of the urinary tract are treated by urologists .
The American non-profit IVUMed teaches urology in developing countries. List of urological topics. Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Bladder cancer; Bladder stones; Cystitis; Development of the urinary and reproductive organs; Epididymitis; Erectile dysfunction; Interstitial cystitis; Kidney cancer; Kidney stone; Kidney transplant; Peyronie's disease
Lower urinary tract symptoms ( LUTS) refer to a group of clinical symptoms involving the bladder, urinary sphincter, urethra and, in men, the prostate. The term is more commonly applied to men [1] – over 40% of older men are affected [2] [3] [4] [5] – but lower urinary tract symptoms also affect women. [6]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Diseases and disorders of the urinary system. The main article for this category is Urologic disease. Articles relating to urologic diseases, including urinary tract infections, kidney stones, bladder control problems, and prostate problems, among others.
Urinary incontinence can result from both urologic and non-urologic causes. Urologic causes can be classified as either bladder dysfunction or urethral sphincter incompetence and may include detrusor overactivity , poor bladder compliance, urethral hypermobility , or intrinsic sphincter deficiency .
Urinary bladder disease includes urinary bladder inflammation such as cystitis, bladder rupture and bladder obstruction (tamponade). Cystitis is common, sometimes referred to as urinary tract infection (UTI) caused by bacteria, bladder rupture occurs when the bladder is overfilled and not emptied while bladder tamponade is a result of blood ...
For other uses, see UTI (disambiguation). A urinary tract infection ( UTI) is an infection that affects a part of the urinary tract. [1] Lower urinary tract infections may involve the bladder (cystitis) or urethra ( urethritis) while upper urinary tract infections affect the kidney ( pyelonephritis ). [10]
Diseases of the bladder and prostate are common health conditions that affect many individuals. Some disorders can cause morbidity and even mortality. [1] Whilst bladder diseases can affect both sexes, prostate diseases are limited to those individuals with male anatomy. [2] [3]