UROLOGY
Pharmacists should counsel these patients about lifestyle, dietary factors, and medication effects.
Normal aging, diseases, and drugs can lead to disturbances of fluid balance with symptomatic consequences.
Certain categories of OTC products are problematic for patients with renal or prostate disorders.
Antimicrobial therapy recommendations for these conditions were revised in 2010.
The challenge of developing guidelines for the diagnosis, management,
treatment, and prevention of urinary tract infections is a
daunting one.
Existing guidelines on this type of infectious disease have recently
been revised to concentrate on prevention, diagnosis, and management.
Awareness of chronic renal disorders is low in the U.S., so screening
and assessment are important.
It is important to correctly diagnose this condition because effective
treatment depends on knowing the type of prostatitis present.
By the age of 70, nearly 80% of men have benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a prostate condition that can cause a variety of bothersome urinary symptoms.
Urinary incontinence (UI) is best defined as a variety of abnormalities of the urinary tract that result in the inability to experience normal micturition, leading to involuntary loss of bladder control.
Acute renal failure (ARF) is defined as a rapid loss of renal function due to damage to the kidneys.