Our Urology Department provides Comprehensive Urological Care to both Men and Women of All Ages.
Reasons you should visit a urologist
Blood in the urine
If you detect blood in your urine then it’s immediately a cause for alarm. Visit your primary care physician as soon as possible, and they will help with arranging for an appointment with a urologist. If your urine is not the normal pale yellow but starts looking brown, pink, or tea-colored, there are chances that there’s blood in the urine. Sometimes it can be due to the temporary issues which are caused by injury and vigorous exercise, but usually, it’s due to far more serious urologic diseases like-
- Bladder infection
- Kidney infection
- Kidney stones
- Kidney, bladder, or prostate cancer
Poor Bladder control
The inability to control your urine can signal a severe urological issue, and if not treated at the earliest it can lead to severe problems. The severity can include urine leakage when you cough or sneeze, and having the strong urge to urinate and not making it to the toilet in time. If this situation continues, you will have to see a urologist as soon as possible.
Painful urination
Painful urination for women usually means that they can contract a Urinary Tract Infection, and in men, it can mean they have a Some other causes can include:
- Bladder stones
- Chlamydia
- Cystitis
- Sexually transmitted infections
- Kidney stones
- Prostate inflammation
- Vaginal infection
- Yeast infection
Pain in the lower abdomen, Sides, or Groin
This pain is a signal that you may have kidney stones, and some of the specific symptoms include:
- Severe pain when standing, lying down or sitting
- Blood in the urine
- Difficulty urinating
- Nausea, vomiting, and fever (which usually happened due to the infection)
Fallen bladder protrusion
This condition usually affects women and the symptoms include:
- Tissue protruding from the vagina
- Pain in the pelvic region
- Difficulty in urinating
- Feeling that your bladder is not empty even after urination
- Urine leakage during sneezing, coughing, exertion
- Bladder infections
- Painful intercourse
- Lower back pain
Hernia
The symptoms can be hard to detect, but you may see or feel a bulge that’s created by the hernia. The bulge will be more evident once you’re standing. Coughing and other strain will make the bulge quite noticeable.