Urostomy Care & How to Care for an Indiana Pouch, Ileal Conduit, or Neobladder Caring for a new urostomy can be daunting, but it is nonetheless very important for your health and wellbeing. To help you, this article will go over the every-day practices of urostomy care. Before we start, it is useful to understand […]
Sex with UTI: Yes or No? Can you have sex with a UTI? The short answer? No. The long answer? Yes and no, depending on how much risk you are willing to take. Are you willing to risk getting a second UTI while you’re still combatting the first one? Or are you willing to risk […]
Intermittent Catheterization Complications| Causes, Prevention and Treatments Clean intermittent catheterization is a necessary medical practice that at least 300,800 people go through in the United States. While intermittent catheterization helps people manage a variety of conditions, it also comes with a set of potential complications. This article helps you learn more about common catheter-associated complications—what […]
Postpartum Bladder Urinary Retention: Pregnancy’s Effects on Bladder Although pregnancy can be a magical experience, it can also cause stress on your bladder, sometimes leaving long-lasting effects. This article helps you learn more about the causes, symptoms, risk factors, and treatments for postpartum urinary retention. What happens to your bladder during pregnancy and childbirth? Starting […]
Four Types of Prostatitis | Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments Prostatitis is the inflammation and swelling of the prostate, a sometimes painful condition that only affects men. Men of all ages can get prostatitis but men who are 50 and under are more commonly affected by it. Contrary to popular myth, prostatitis does not lead to […]
How do strokes affect your bladder: urinary retention, frequency, and incontinence In the United States, a stroke occurs every 40 seconds. Survivors of stroke often need to navigate the long-term effects stroke has left on their bodies, one of them being bladder dysfunction. This article explains how stroke causes bladder dysfunctions, the types of bladder […]
The Diabetic Bladder: 7 Ways to Handle the Effects of Diabetes on Your Bladder Has diabetes taken a toll on your bladder and your mental health? Do you know exactly what diabetes does to your bladder, and how to deal with it? Read on for seven things you can potentially do to take greater control […]
Urethral Sphincter Nerve and Muscle Damage: What You Should Know What is the urethral sphincter? The urethral sphincter plays a significant role in releasing urine. Its function is inhibited when nerve and muscle damage occurs, leading to urinary retention or incontinence. The urethral sphincter is a series of muscles that surround the urethra and controls the release […]
Kidney Stones: The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide Kidney stones is a prevalent urological disorder that occurs over the lifetime of 13% of men and 7% of women. Over the last several decades, incidents and prevalence of kidney stones are rising around the globe and across sex, race, and age. Such increases are thought to be driven […]
What is Hematuria and Why is There Blood in My Catheter? Hematuria refers to the presence of blood in one’s urine. Finding blood in your urine after catheter insertion is a common complication of intermittent catheterization. Although intermittent catheterization has its side-effect, it still gives users a wide range of benefits such as increased independence […]
What is Multiple Sclerosis? Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory, immune-mediated disease that attacks nerves coated with myelin in the brain. Myelin acts much like the rubber coating of electrical wires to keep the electrical signals from escaping and moving forward. Destroying the myelin and the nerve producing varying degrees of physical disability and psychological […]
Spinal Cord Injuries and Neurogenic Bladders Although spinal cord injuries don’t cause damage to the structure of the bladder, they disrupt communication between the brain and the bladder, leading to the development of neurogenic bladder. Neurogenic bladder is caused by nerve damage, which leads to urinary retention, overflow incontinence, frequency, urgency, and incontinence. Urinary retention […]