Genitourinary 2 Flashcards
Micturition
voiding or bladder emptying
Micturition requires the interplay of
nerves, detrusor muscle of the bladder, internal urethral sphincter (involuntary) and external urethral sphincter (voluntary, PV)
Neural control of lower urinary tract
During storage, the sympathetic system keeps the bladder relaxed, and the external sphincter is contracted.
During micturition, the parasympathetic system contracts the bladder, while the external sphincter is voluntarily relaxed.
Urinary or Fecal incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse are characteristics of overactive or underactive PFM?
underactive - your muscles cant keep them inside!
absent or weak contractions
Obstructive voiding or defecation, dyspareunia (painful intercourse), pelvic pain are associated with over or under active PFM?
overactive
cant voluntarily relax PFM
Only __-__% of incontinent adults eek medical care
20-50
Urinary incontinence contributes to what conditions?
falls
pressure sores
skin breakdown
UTIs
institutionalization
depression
isolation
Many people have more than one type of incontinence, most often which two together?
SUI
UUI
known as mixed UI
Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI)
involuntary loss of urine on effort or physical exertion or on sneezing or coughing
occurs during activities that increase intrabdominal pressure
What causes stress incontinence?
weakness or loss of time in PFM
internal urethral sphincter failure
hypermobility of ureterovesical junction
damage to the pudendal nerve
Urgency Urinary incontinence (UUI) - what is it and what is is usually due to?
sudden compelling desire to urinate that is difficult to defer
often related to the detrusor (bladder) muscle contracting at small volumes
Which urinary incontinence occurs in response to triggers like running water or arriving home?
UUI
Other types of incontence
overactive bladder
functional (cant get up to go)
overflow
transient (temporary loss of control)
Some risk factors for urinary incontinence
high impact exercise
hormonal changes (estrogen deficiency)
SES
COPD
What is prostatitis?
inflammation of the prostate gland
can be bacterial or nonbacterial
asymptomatic or symptomatic
How many categories of prostatitis are there and which is most common in the clinic?
4
category 3 - chronic pelvic pain syndrome
T/F: all four categories of prostatitis involve inflammation
false
Category 1 Prostatitis
acute bacterial prostatis
Bacterial infection of the prostate gland from GU infection (bacteria or virus) or sexually transmitted diseases
Symptoms of acute bacterial prostatitis (local and systemic)
pain or obstruction with voiding
pain in suprapubic, rectal, sacral, low back or perineum
fever, chills, nausea, emesis, arthralgia, myalgia, and malaise