Urinary Tract Issues Articles

Making sure a patient understands the difference between a UTI and an STI when evaluating symptoms can help determine how serious the condition is.

What is stress incontinence, how can you manage it, and what can your doctor do to treat you?

Obesity increases the risk of incontinence. Losing weight — even just a small percentage of your initial body weight — is the best option, but other treatments can also be of help. Here's what you need to know.

What causes urinary incontinence in men, and what can you do if you're afflicted with this annoying and often embarrassing problem?

Bladder incontinence is sometimes treated with medications and even surgery — but before you reach that point, your doctor may recommend some very simple changes that you can implement at home.

Symptoms like straining when urinating, waking up to go, suddenly being overcome with the need to urinate, and also pain when urinating can indicate benign prostatic hyperplasia, especially in older men. The condition can also lead to incontinence.

Any woman, or man for that matter, can suffer from urinary tract infection. Here are the risks involved.

The best thing about D-mannose is that it can be used as a preventative measure. If a woman is aware that she has been suffering from chronic or recurring UTIs, then she can pretreat herself during the most obvious times that can cause infection.

Having a UTI is bad enough; allowing it to get complicated and turn into a kidney infection by refusing to see a doctor can only make things worse, both immediately and in the future.

Men aren’t as susceptible to UTIs as women, but when they occur in men, they can be especially detrimental.