GU Flashcards
Major Risk factors for Urological Disorders
pelvic surgery
pregnancy
childbirth
menopause
T/F Urinary incontinence is a result of an underlying medical condition?
True
T/F Urinary incontinence is underreported to medical practitioners?
True
Six types of incontinence
Urge Stress Overflow Mixed Neurogenic Functional
Urge incontinence due to…
an overactive bladder
Stress incontinence due to…
poor closure of the bladder
overflow incontinence due to…
poor bladder contraction or blockage of the urethra
mixed incontinence due to…
involves features of different other types
neurogenic bladder is…
over distention of bladder from lack of innervation
functional incontinence as a a result of…
a CNS disorder
General Risk factors for urinary incontinence
increasing age pregnancy childbirth obesity diabetes stroke neurologic impairment prostate disease and treatments
General Risk factors for urinary incontinence
increasing age pregnancy childbirth obesity diabetes stroke neurologic impairment prostate disease and treatments
Most common type of urinary incontinence
stress incontinence in women
causes of stress incontinence
loss of muscle support in the pelvic floor menopause multi births aging of musculature immobility abdominal surgery pelvic surgery low estrogen
Urge incontinence is also called ___ ____ and mainly caused by
overactive bladder, detrusor muscle over activity. Exact mechanism is unclear
what incontinence results from overdistention and urinary retention?
overflow incontinence
bladder muscle that loses strength and elasticity
detrusor muscle
most frequent cause of overflow incontinence in men
benign prostatic hyperplasia
Neurogenic bladder is associated with…
spinal cord disorders that cause peripheral nerve weakness, and sympathetic and parasympathetic nerve dysfunction
What happens with a neurogenic bladder
the spinal cord nerves are insensitive to to bladder filling and muscles cannot contract to release the urine
Functional incontinence is… because of…
the inability to hold urine because of prolonged immobility, CNS lesions such as stroke, and delirium or psych orders such as dementia
