Bladder Disease
The main function of your bladder is to store and release urine. Your bladder is located in your lower abdomen and collects urine from your kidneys. As the bladder fills, nerves in the bladder tell you that you need to urinate.
Bladder diseases can cause pain and affect the way your bladder functions. Bladder problems and diseases include urinary tract infections (UTIs), bladder cancer and loss of bladder control. Bacteria can cause infection in the urinary tract and the bladder. There are ways you can prevent bladder infection.
See your doctor if you are having bladder problems. Many bladder problems are treatable and symptoms will not go away if you ignore them. Treatments vary, depending on your bladder problem. Tests used by doctors to diagnose bladder diseases include urine tests and x-rays.
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The goals of treatment in reflux are to prevent infected urine from reaching the kidney which can cause pyelonephritis (kidney infection), scarring, hypertension, proteinuria and even end stage renal disease. Because of this many of these... Full Answer
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- Q What is exstrophy in children?
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Exstrophy is an uncommon congenital bladder anomaly that results when the tissue making up the abdominal wall is deficient and the bladder is a flat sheet on the abdominal wall instead of a sphere inside the pelvis. Urine leaks out of the... Full Answer
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- Q What is vesicoureteral reflux?
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This is an abnormal, congenital condition where the urine from the bladder enters the kidney backwards. Normally there is a valve that prevents this from happening. In children this can lead to high fevers, kidney infections and ultimately... Full Answer
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- Q What is trigonitis?
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Despite its name indicative of inflammation, trigonitis is a metaplastic process. The exact primary cause is not known, however, squamous metaplasia in the bladder usually occurs in response to an irritative (prolonged indwelling catheter placement) or... Full Answer
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- Q What is Spinal Cord Injury - Neurogenic Bladder?
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Spinal Cord Injury - Neurogenic Bladder is a condition where, due to an interruption of the nerve messages between the brain and the bladder, the bladder fails to store or release urine properly. Full Answer
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- Q What is an atonic bladder?
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- Q Can weight gain as we age affect bladder problems?
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Dr. Michael Roizen, Internal MedicineYes! Unfortunately carrying extra weight can take its toll on the bladder and other urinary structures, in addition to your other organ systems. It weakens and stretches the pelvic floor muscles and ligaments that usually support your bladder like a... Full Answer
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- Q What is Augmentation Cystoplasty?
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This is an operation to make the bladder larger using a piece of the patient’s own bowel. Usually, patients will have to catheterize themselves afterward in order to empty. Full Answer
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- Q What are bladder-preserving therapies?
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Organ preserving approaches in the management of advanced tumors have combined less aggressive surgical procedures with radiation and chemotherapy. In the past, radiation alone has been shown to effectively shrink bladder tumors. Yet recent studies have... Full Answer
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A catheterizable continent diversion pouch is a procedure used to replace bladder function after the bladder has been removed because of cancer. It utilizes a reservoir of bowel with a stoma that is attached to a catheter that empties the bladder. The... Full Answer
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