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Poor stream, frequency of urination, dribbling and nocturia
There may be hematuria or pyuria if it is complicated by infection
Rectal examination will reveal an enlarged smooth prostate |
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| BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA |
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| Unknown; common after the age of 50; increases with age |
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| BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA |
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Related to smoking or chronic schistosoma infection of the bladder
More common in men |
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| Caused by immune complex deposition and increased complement consumption which triggers an inflammatory response in the basement membrane of the glomerulus; often associated with streptococcal skin infection like impetigo; Streptococcus pyogenes is most common |
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| Hematuria, dependent edema [mainly of the eyelids] and hypertension |
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| Unknown; death is from renal failure |
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| Shortness of breath, fatigue, cough with hemoptysis and hematuria |
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| Pain with a full bladder, relieved by urination; dysuria, frequency of urination [60-80 times a day], nocturia [10-20 times at night] with urgency |
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| INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS [Painful Bladder Syndrome] |
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Unknown; possible autoimmune
Associated with irritable bowel syndrome: 10 times more common in females
More common in Jewish females and least common in African Americans
The protective bladder coating has become defective and less waterproof
Urine infiltrates the bladder mucosa causing inflammation and pain |
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| INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS [Painful Bladder Syndrome] |
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| Unknown; Escherichia coli is found in some patients |
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Suprapubic, perineal or scrotal discomfort with dysuria and frequency
The prostate is enlarged and tender
Fever is present in the acute phase but is absent in the chronic phase |
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| Escherichia coli is the commonest causative agent; often associated with ascending infection from a bladder infection; seen more often in women and in patients with diabetes mellitus; also seen in vesicoureteric reflex |
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| The classic picture includes: chills and fever acute flank pain with costovertebral angle tenderness nausea and vomiting often with dysuria, urgency and frequency of urination |
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| Cigarette smoking and a positive family history; male: female ratio of 2:1 |
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| Painful hematuria with flank mass in some patients; there may be fever or weight loss; there may be pain in some patients |
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| Diet, decreased fluid intake, areas of high humidity and elevated temperatures |
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| RENAL COLIC [Kidney Stones] |
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Sudden onset of severe flank pain, which may radiate into the groin as the stone descends in the ureter; there may nausea and vomiting
The patient is often restless, constantly moving in contrast to a patient with acute abdominal pain who remain still |
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| RENAL COLIC [Kidney Stones] |
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| Dysuria, frequency, urgency [every 30-60 minutes] without nocturia |
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Unknown; possible external urethral sphincter pathology
May be due to hormonal, environmental or psychological factors
May be associated with hypersensitivity following urinary tract infections or traumatic sex; 18% of patients with fibromyalgia may have urethral syndrome.
Occurs more often but not exclusively in females |
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