Bladder problems, bladder symptoms and bladder health are the domain of urologists, conscientious patients, their support group, and urological health care practitioners. Since each urological symptom may represent a large number of medical disorders, each person involved in the diagnostic and treatment process can help pinpoint the specific disease or disorder by giving an accurate medical history, recent detailed account of the symptoms and voiding patterns which can include a voiding diary. This attention to detail should also be carried out during and after the treatment process. Self diagnosis is what comes naturally to us since we constantly make educated guesses about our day to day experiences, however seeing cloudy urine, experiencing pain, recurring blood in urine, and similar symptoms need clinical testing to determine the underlying symptom. An example of this is the person that sees bloody urine and stops taking aspirin, fish oil, or some “blood thinning medication”, which then stops the bloody urine from appearing which stops the visible symptom but does not reveal the original cause of the blood, fixing the symptom alone may be a fatal mistake. When our world class urology center analyses the real cause of the bloody urine they can find bladder cancer, kidney cancer, kidney stones, kidney infection, cystitis, bladder diverticuli, and an assortment of other maladies.   

Bladder problems, bladder symptoms and bladder health can become complex issues that need experienced, well trained experts, with the most detailed testing, and cutting edge solutions to cure the underlying disorder(s). The following are some of the technical and common terms for urinary system symptoms: cloudy urine, dark urine, blood in urine, painful urination, frequent urination, over active bladder, incontinence, urinary incontinence, urge incontinence, bladder spasms, stress incontinence, urinary urgency, bladder leakage, loss of bladder control, bladder dysfunction, elderly incontinence, overflow incontinence, male urinary incontinence, spastic bladder, burning urination, pain when urinating, back pain, burning after urination, stinging while urinating, stinging urine, blood in urine burning, lower back pain, cloudy urine back pain, burning urine in male, burning urine in women, kidney pain frequent urination, blood in urine back pain, foamy urine back pain, full bladder, bursting bladder, full bladder pain, small amount of urine, female full bladder, full bladder can’t urinate, red urine, urine crystals, brown urine, green urine, foamy urine, black urine, mucus in urine, blood clots in urine, blood specks in urine, pink urine, urine odor, frothy urine, concentrated urine, milky urine, ammonia smelling urine, kidney stones in urine, urine discoloration, bubbly urine, pneumaturia, orange urine, white specks in urine, fruity smelling urine, tea color urine, amber urine, diabetes urine color, neon urine color, jaundice urine color, rust color urine, foul smelling urine, asparagus urine smell, fishy urine smell, urine odor vinegar, and bladder pain.

This list is simply the most frequently used descriptions of urinary symptoms. Unfortunately these terms are used interchangeably and are not accurately used and they do not mean the same thing from one person to another. These descriptions are given to urologists, they are posted in blogs, written about in newspapers and magazines, and discussed on radio, television, and in medical schools yet these generic terms may mislead us in finding each individuals specific problem. The only way you may uncover the truth of the cause of your symptom is by having the best diagnostic work up, by those that can also give you the most complete treatment plan and care to remedy your urological disorder. For an appointment call 305 674 2499 or make an appointment on line here.