by Todd Heskett | Feb 6, 2017 | bladder, Healthy Eating, Kegel Exercises, overactive bladder, overflow incontinence, Uncategorized, urinary frequency, urinary incontinence
Urinary incontinence is the incidental and involuntary leaking of urine. It is not considered a disease. It is one of the key symptoms of the urinary tract problems. Types of Urinary Incontinence There are many types of urinary incontinence, but following are the main...
by Dr. Lawrence Newman | Oct 17, 2016 | bladder, bladder cancer, blood tests, ct scan, cystoscopy, Las Vegas Urologist, las vegas urology, urinalysis, urine, urologist, urologist las vegas, urologists, urology
Bladder cancer is not a widely known disease despite being the 6th most common cancer in the United States. As a Las Vegas urologist who diagnoses and treats this disease, my patients often ask questions about how it develops. My patients also want to know about signs...
by Dr. Lawrence Newman | Mar 26, 2016 | bladder, foley catheter, prostate, prostate problems
What is a coude foley? Is it a germ, like when you were a kid nobody wanted to get cooties? Nope. A coude foley is actually a good thing, not a bad thing, and it is a name of French derivation, and it is pronounced ‘couday’. It is a type of urinary catheter called a...
by Dr. Lawrence Newman | Feb 20, 2016 | bladder, bph, doctor, prostate obstruction, urine, urologist
Sometimes prostate obstruction does not cause the bladder to not empty enough, but does cause thickening and strengthening of the bladder muscles but also quite a bit of irritability of the bladder. This is a situation where prostate obstruction AND overactive...
by Dr. Lawrence Newman | Feb 19, 2016 | bladder, prostate obstruction, urine, urologist
If prostate obstruction of the urine flow is significant and ignored, the bladder may not empty well, and the bladder tissue may get stretched out and weakened over time. At some point, even after treatment of the obstruction, the bladder may be too damaged to...
by Dr. Lawrence Newman | Feb 15, 2016 | bladder, bladder ultrasound, nocturia, overactive bladder, prostate obstruction, urethra, urinary frequency, urine
Urinary frequency and nocturia (waking up at night to void) can occur with prostate obstruction or with an overactive bladder. The treatment for each cause is very different and the best way to usually tell the difference is by having a bladder ultrasound after...
