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Pages: 3 –13

[This discussion lays the foundation for understanding the causes and treatments of the conditions that are discussed later in the book. The four organs of the urinary tract and the uterus and rectum are the main structures that we are discussing. The interaction of these organs with one another...

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What Can Go Wrong?

Pages: 15 –44

[This chapter offered an overview of the urinary tract disorders from which women can suffer. Some women have straightforward problems that are easily addressed in a few visits, while other women have multiple issues that need time and patience to sort out. Urinary tract infections, pelvic pain...

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Picking a Doctor

Pages: 45 –59

[Although the choices seem overwhelming, the truth is that it all comes down to the person sitting across the desk from you and how you relate to her. The more confident you are in the information that you are getting from your doctor, the more you can trust him or her. Trust and confidence in...

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Stress Urinary Incontinence

Pages: 63 –100

[To recap, stress urinary incontinence occurs when a woman leaks while coughing, laughing, sneezing, or lifting heavy items. Unlike urge incontinence, stress incontinence results from a problem with the support structures of the urethra, not with the bladder itself. Weakness of the muscles on...

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Urinary Urge Incontinence

Pages: 101 –130

[The most effective treatment for frequency, urgency, and urge incontinence is a combined approach using both behavior modification and medication. Reduction in fluids, pelvic muscle exercises, and combination medication should work in nearly every woman with this condition. Often, trial and...

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The Golden Years

Pages: 131 –173

[Urinary incontinence is common in the elderly woman, but not acceptable. With effective treatments available for nearly every situation, women and their families need to inform their physicians of this depressing, debilitating, and embarrassing problem. Urinary leakage in the elderly can cause...

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Pelvic-Floor Prolapse

Pages: 177 –222

[Pelvic organ prolapse is a complicated problem for both women and their doctors. For women, the shame, embarrassment, and belief that nothing can be done prevent them from seeking treatment. Physicians often don’t recognize a prolapse when they examine a patient, or they don’t know where to send...

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Urinary Tract Infections

Pages: 225 –270

[Urinary tract infections are by no means a problem exclusive to healthy, sexually active women. Children and men certainly suffer the wrath of bacterial invasion into the normally sterile urine. However, women have a propensity to develop infections in the urine more so than men because of their...

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Interstitial Cystitis and Pelvic Pain Syndromes

Pages: 271 –307

[Pelvic pain syndromes are terrible for patients to live with and frustrating for physicians to treat. Little is understood about these diseases, so treatments can be elusive. The relationship between urethral syndrome, interstitial cystitis, irritable bowel syndrome, and endometriosis cannot be...

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Menopause, Hormones, and the Development of Female Pelvic Problems

Pages: 311 –333

[The role of hormones in urinary tract disorders remains confusing, even for those of us in the business of providing care and counsel to patients. The Women’s Health Initiative Study made it clear that oral estrogen has risks and should not be prescribed without a clear reason. On an individual...

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