What Does The Bladder Do
Health Encyclopedia: Bladder Stones
Bladder stones are hard buildups of mineral that form in the urinary bladder.
Alternative Names
Stones - bladder; Urinary tract stones; Bladder calculi
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Bladder stones are usually the result of another urologic problem such as
Expert & Community Posts
What if the Suprapubic Catheter Does Not Work?
By Jennifer Sobol, D.O. , Health Expert...I have multiple sclerosis and I have a neurogenic bladder. That is why the doctor suggested... Read more »
Can I Get a New Bladder?
By Jennifer Sobol, D.O. , Health Expert...asked about the possibility of transplanting a new bladder. It is an interesting thought isn't... Read more »
When Incontinence is not because of your Bladder
By Jennifer Sobol, D.O. , Health Expert...if the problem has really nothing to do with your bladder. What I’m talking about is referred... Read more »
Answering Incontinence Community Questions: How Does Bladder Augmentation Work?
By Jennifer Sobol, D.O. , Health ExpertBladder Augmentation - Reader's Question: If a bladder is augmented, do the bladder muscles stop... Read more »
More Information About Suprapubic Catheters and Multiple Sclerosis
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Health Guide
Urinary Incontinence: Causes and Treatments
Urinary incontinence can be defined as the involuntary loss of urine. The urinary bladder, which stores urine until the patient voluntary empties its content, is a reservoir in the lower abdomen... Read more »Blood in Urine: Causes and Treatments
...CAT/MRI scans are the next step and will usually discover the cause. In adult women, infection of the bladder or kidneys, urinary stones, and tumors of the urinary bladder, kidneys are the most... Read more »Frequent Urination: Causes, Risk Factors and Treatments
...of conditions, some from diseases, and others from external factors. The urinary tract--the kidneys, bladder and drainage system--can be afflicted by infections at any site, which causea frequent... Read more »Bladder exstrophy repair
...repair; Exposed bladder repair; Repair of bladder exstrophy Read more »Bladder exstrophy repair
Bladder exstrophy repair is a surgery to repair bladder exstrophy. Exstrophy of the urinary bladder is an uncommon birth defect in which the bladder is exposed, inside out, and... Read more »Images
Medications
...(flay-VOX-ate)Uses This medication is used to treat certain bladder/urinary tract symptoms.... Read more »
...KLOR-ide)Uses Oxybutynin is used to treat certain bladder and urinary conditions (e.g.,... Read more »
...Uses This medication is used to treat an overactive bladder. By relaxing the muscles in the... Read more »
...form of oxybutynin that is used to treat overactive bladder and urinary conditions. It relaxes... Read more »
...Uses This medication is used to treat an overactive bladder. By relaxing the muscles in the... Read more »
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Better Bladder Cancer Detection
September 08, 2006ROCHESTER, N.Y. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Every year, more than 61,000 people in the United States will be told they have bladder cancer. The... Read summary »
Neobladder
November 03, 2006PORTLAND, Ore. (Ivanhoe) -- When Hans Neukomm learned he had advanced bladder cancer, he thought he'd also have to re-learn going to the bathroom.... Read summary »
Medicine's Next Big Thing: Custom-Built Organs (Part 3 of 3)
May 05, 2008ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- More than 94,000 Americans are on the transplant waiting list. Every 13 minutes, a new person joins that... Read summary »
Q&A: How to remedy a prolapsed bladder after surgery
April 16, 2009One woman wants to know whether she has to undergo surgery again after a recurring bladder prolapse. According to Doctor Ahmad Hamidinia, there is a... Read summary »
Doc offers tips on controlling bladder problems
October 03, 2008Women's health expert, Dr. Judith Reichman, says that up to 25 million Americans suffer from loss of bladder control. And not every type of... Read summary »
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