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What is a UTI? The urinary system helps the body eliminate waste, excess water and salt. It encompasses the kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra. Bacteria can ...
Myth: Only women can get a urinary tract infection. Fact: UTIs can affect both men and women. Women are at greater risk for a UTI because the urethra is shorter ...
When the urethral opening is near the base of the penis, the surgeon may need to use tissue grafts from the foreskin or from the inside of the mouth to ...
Have kidney stones. Have diabetes. Have narrowing of the tube that carries urine out of your body, also called urethral stricture. Had a tube that drains your ...
... urethra (atrophic urethritis). Estrogens work partly by increasing a normal clear discharge from the vagina and making the vulva and urethra healthy. Using ...
urethra. Some birth control methods: Diaphragms and spermicide, for example, increase the risk for UTIs. Catheter use: Catheters may be used by people in ...
... urethral catheters. Such instrumentation can cause flank pain, hematuria, irritative urinary tract symptoms and predisposition to urinary infections, all of ...
With an epispadias (ep-ih-SPAY-dee-us), the tube through which urine leaves the body doesn't fully develop. This tube is called the urethra. Bladder exstrophy.
Your bladder, kidneys, ureters and urethra make up your urinary system. When you have interstitial cystitis, the walls of your bladder become irritated and ...
In some situations, for example, when there's a complete urethral obstruction or stricture in the membranous urethra, a patient may not be an ideal candidate ...
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