Symptoms, signs and investigation of urinary tract disorders

Question 1

Symptoms, signs and investigation of urinary tract disorders

Answer 1

• Urinary symptoms may be caused by intrinsic disease of the urinary tract or by disease of other structures
• Outflow of urine from the kidney may become impeded by urinary tract obstruction, which may secondarily interfere with renal function
• Benign prostatic hyperplasia is the most common prostatic disorder, and usually presents with symptoms of bladder outflow obstruction

Question 2

Chronic prostatitis

Answer 2

• may be bacterial or abacterial and usually presents with a chronic perineal ache.
• In the acute form, bacterial prostatitis can present as a systemic illness (or even Gram-negative sepsis) with urinary symptoms and an exquisitely tender prostate.
• Occasionally, a prostatic abscess develops.

Question 3

The common symptoms of urinary tract disease