Urethral stricture

Urethral stricture: Introduction

An abnormal narrowing of the urethra which is the tube that allows urine to pass out of the body. In males the urethra also allows semen to pass out of the body during ejaculation. The narrowing may be due to inflammation, injury, disease or scar tissue from surgery. It can cause painful urination and ejaculation and spraying of urine as well as other symptoms. The condition is more common in men than women.

Symptoms of Urethral stricture

• Urinary pain
• Urinary burning
• Urinary frequency
• Reduced urine
• Difficult urination
• more symptoms...»

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Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Urethral stricture:

• Bladder & Urinary Health: Home Testing:
  • Home Bladder Testing
  • Home Urinary Tract Infection Tests
  • Home Cystitis Tests
  • Home Kidney Tests
  • Home Urine Protein Tests (Kidney Function)
  • Home Prostate Cancer Tests
• Kidney Health: Home Testing:
  • Home Kidney Testing
  • Home Microalbumin Tests (Kidney)
  • Home Urine Protein Tests (Kidney)
  • Home Urinary Tract Infection Test Kits
• more tests...»

Urethral stricture: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Urethral stricture:

• Kidney infection
• Kidney inflammation
• Chronic urine retention (type of Urine retention)
• Acute urine retention
• Hydronephrosis
• more complications...»

Medical Textbooks Online about Urethral stricture

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Urethral stricture?

• Misdiagnosis of Urethral stricture
• Failure to diagnose Urethral stricture
• Hidden causes of Urethral stricture (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Urethral stricture

Urethral stricture: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers

Products, offers and promotion categories available for Urethral stricture:

• Urinary Care & Incontinence
• Bladder
• more product offers...»

Urethral stricture: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Urinary & Bladder Disorders -- serious medical disorders that may be undiagnosed:
  • Incontinence -- Undiagnosed
  • Overactive Bladder Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • Interstitial Cystitis -- Undiagnosed
  • Prostate Disorders -- Undiagnosed
  • more ...»
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Urethral stricture

Interstitial cystitis an under-diagnosed bladder condition: The medical condition of interstitial cystitic is a bladder condition that can be misdiagnosed as various conditions such as overactive bladder or other causes of pelvic pain. This condition can cause chronic pelvic pain or symptoms of urinary incontinence, similar to overactive bladder. Millions of patients may be misdiagnosed - an estimated third of the 9 million women with chronic pelvic pain (CPP) or 4.5 million of the 17 million women with overactive bladder syndrome do not respond well to treatment, and may have interstitial cystitis rather than their given diagnosis. In other words, about 6 million US women may have misdiagnosed interstitial cystitis. See interstitial cystitis or overactive bladder, or incontinence....read more »

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Urethral stricture: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Urinary & Bladder Specialists (Urology):
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  • Urological Surgery (Urinary Surgeons)
  • Kidney Doctors (Nephrologists) -- State Directory
• Kidney Health Specialists (Nephrology):
  • Nephrology (Kidney Health)
  • Pediatric Nephrology (Child Kidney Health)
  • Urology (Urinary/Bladder)
  • Kidney Doctors (Nephrologists) -- Local Directory
• more specialists...»

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Hospitals & Clinics: Urethral stricture

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Urethral stricture:

• Kidney Dialysis Centers -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• Kidney Doctors (Nephrologists) -- Ratings and Reports
• Kidney Health (Nephrology) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• Urinary Health (Urology) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

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Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Urethral stricture, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Causes of Urethral stricture

• Urethral scar tissue
• Chronic urethritis
• Chronic urinary conditions
• Urethral injury
• more causes...»

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More information about causes of Urethral stricture:

• Underlying causes of Urethral stricture
• Urethral stricture as a complication caused by other conditions
• Urethral stricture as a symptom

Treatments for Urethral stricture

• Surgery
• Special instruments (bougies)
• Surgical reconstruction of the urethra
• Antibiotics
• more treatments...»

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News Archives for Urethral stricture

Medical news articles related to Urethral stricture include:

• Surgery Unneeded in Most Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis Cases
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Urethral stricture

Medical research articles related to Urethral stricture include:

• Hypospadias. In: Guidelines on paediatric urology.
• What volume of urine is acceptable post micturition in the bladder? What are the causes and treatment options for incomplete bladder emptying?
• Electrically-stimulated intravesical chemotherapy for superficial bladder cancer
• Urological Trauma
• Chronic spinal cord injury - management of patients in acute hospital settings
• Alternative approaches to endoscopic ablation for benign enlargement of the prostate: systematic review of randomised controlled trials
• Chronic Pelvic Pain
• Laparoscopic prostatectomy for benign prostatic obstruction
• more research...»

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Reseach about Urethral stricture

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Clinical Trials for Urethral stricture

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Urethral stricture include:

• Memokath 044TW Stent for Treatment of Urethral Stricture - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• more trials...»

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Statistics for Urethral stricture

• Medical statistics for Urethral stricture
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Urethral stricture
• Death and Mortality statistics for Urethral stricture
• Society statistics for Urethral stricture

Urethral stricture: Broader Related Topics

• Urinary disorders
• Acute urinary conditions
• more types...»

Types of Urethral stricture

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Definitions of Urethral stricture:

Obstruction anywhere along the urethra. - (Source - Diseases Database)