Cystogram
Health Encyclopedia: Diagnosing Urinary Incontinence
- Diagnosing Urinary Incontinence
- Highlights
- Introduction
- Stress Incontinence
- Urge Incontinence
- Overflow Incontinence
- Functional Incontinence
Diagnosis
Less than half of patients who have urinary incontinence tell their doctor about the problem. In many cases, patients simply feel that incontinence is part of the aging process. And, in spite of the commonness of this problem, two-thirds of doctors never ask their older patients if they experience incontinence.
It is important, however, for both the doctor and the patient to raise the issue.
Medical History
The first step in the diagnosis of incontinence is a detailed history. The doctor s...
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Health Guide
Urinary Tract Infection: Diagnosis
...to 24 months to detect possible obstruction or vesicoureteral reflux. Tests include ultrasound and a voiding cystourethrogram and possibly scans. Some evidence suggests that ultrasound is probably... Read more »Radionuclide cystogram
Bladder scan Normal Values A normal value is no reflux or other abnormal urine flow, and no obstruction to the flow of urine occurs. The bladder... Read more »Radionuclide cystogram
Bladder scan What the risks are Risks are the same as for x-rays (radiation) and catheterization of the bladder. There is a small amount of... Read more »Radionuclide cystogram
A radionuclide cystogram is a test (nuclear scan) using radioactive material (radioisotope) that is placed into the bladder. A scanner then detects radioactivity tocheck bladder... Read more »Reflux nephropathy
...urine protein levels Urine culture that shows infection. Radionuclide cystogram may show vesicoureteric reflux or hydronephrosis (distention of the kidney... Read more »Images
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