Urinary Tract

The urinary system or renal system is the organ system that produces, stores, and eliminates urine. In humans it includes two kidneys, two ureters, the bladder and the urethra. The female and male urinary system are very similar, they differ only in the length of the urethra.

Urinary tract infection

Your urinary tract is the system that makes urine and carries it out of your body. It includes your bladder and kidneys and the tubes that connect them. When germs .....

Genitourinary infection

Your urinary tract is the system that makes urine and carries it out of your body. It includes your bladder and kidneys and the tubes that connect them. When germs .....

Urinary tract pain

Urinary tract pain, also known as bladder pain, is defined as pain during urination. It is more common among women than men because of their relatively shorter urethra, which means .....

Chancroid

Chancroid is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by a bacterium. It is common in tropical countries but rare in other parts of the world. Any sexually active person can .....

Chiari Frommel Syndrome

Chiari-Frommel Syndrome is a rare endocrine disorder that affects women who have recently given birth (postpartum) and is characterized by the over-production of breast milk (galactorrhea), lack of ovulation (anovulation), .....

Child bed wetting

Bedwetting is sometimes called nocturnal (night-time) enuresis. Childhood bedwetting is common in many families. Bedwetting is nobody’s fault – it isn’t caused by laziness or done to get attention. Chlidren .....

Enuresis

Enuresis, more commonly called bed-wetting, is a disorder of elimination that involves the voluntary or involuntary release of urine into bedding, clothing, or other inappropriate places. In adults, loss of .....

Chlamydia

Chlamydia is a common sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by a bacterium. Chlamydia can infect both men and women and can cause serious, permanent damage to a woman's reproductive organs. .....

Condyloma acuminata

Condyloma acuminata are also called genital warts. Genital warts are a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). Genital warts are growths that appear in or on .....

Gonorrhea

Gonorrhea is a curable sexually transmitted disease. It is most common in young adults. The bacteria that cause gonorrhea can infect the genital tract, mouth or anus. Gonorrhea does not .....

Hypercalciuria

Hypercalciuria or hypercalcinuria is the condition of elevated calcium in the urine. Chronic hypercalcinuria may lead to impairment of renal function, nephrocalcinosis, and renal insufficiency. It is managed by increasing .....

LGV

Lymphogranuloma venereum is a sexually transmitted disease caused by the invasive serovars L1, L2, L2a or L3 of Chlamydia trachomatis. LGV is primarily an infection of lymphatics and lymph nodes. .....

Libido loss

Loss of libido (sex drive) is a common problem that can affect men and women of any age. It's normal for many people, especially women, to lose a bit of .....

Nongonococcal urethritis

NGU refers to an infection of the urethra (the tube running from the bladder through the penis in men or the labia in women through which urine passes) caused by .....

Nocturia

Nocturia is a condition in which you wake up during the night because you have to urinate. This condition becomes more common as people age and occurs in both men .....

Trigonitis

Trigonitis is an inflammation in the vesical trigone region of the urinary bladder. The vesical trigone is a triangular region of the urinary bladder wall, its three angles corresponding with .....

Urethritis

Urethritis is an infection and inflammation of the lining of the urethra, the narrow tube that carries urine out of the body. In men, the urethra also carries semen. Urethritis .....

Urinary incontinence

Urinary incontinence — the loss of bladder control — is a common and often embarrassing problem. The severity of urinary incontinence ranges from occasionally leaking urine when you cough or .....

Polyuria

Polyuria is a condition usually defined as excessive or abnormally large production or passage of urine (at least 2.5 or 3 L over 24 hours in adults). Frequent urination is .....

Urinary stasis

Urine stasis is a stoppage or diminution of flow. Urine stasis may be caused by abnormalities in structure or innervation (control) of the urinary outflow tract that result in incomplete .....

Uterine atony

Uterine atony is a condition in which the muscles of a woman's uterus lose their tone and their ability to contract after childbirth. Severe hemorrhaging and low blood pressure can .....

Dysuria

Dysuria is the feeling of pain, burning, or discomfort upon urination. Although dysuria frequently indicates the presence of a urinary tract infection (UTI), it can have a variety of causes. .....