Urinary tract infections, or UTIs, are very common. According to the Cleveland Clinic, 20 percent of women, and 1 to 2 percent of children, will develop one at some point. Sometimes called bladder infections, UTIs occur when bacteria from outside...
Pain when urinating is described by MedlinePlus as any sensation of pain, discomfort or burning. Pain during urination is a common symptom that is most often caused by an infection of one of the structures in the urinary tract, which includes the...
Painful urination can occur due to several medical conditions and diseases, including a urinary tract infection. Although treatment of painful urination varies depending on the cause of the problem, drinking cranberry juice can be helpful in...
Flank pain on one side while urinating is a symptom consistent with a kidney stone, or nephrolithiasis. Kidney stones form when materials in the urine build up in the kidney. The resulting stone can block the urine flow and cause waves of pain...
Painful urination, also known as dysuria, describes any pain, discomfort or burning sensation when passing urine. The pain is usually felt in the urinary outlet of the bladder known as the urethra or the area surrounding the genitals known as the...
Abdominal pain when running is a common complaint with many athletes. Anything from a muscle strain to a side stitch can result in a cramp-like pain along the side of your torso. But when this abdominal pain is accompanied by the production of...
Painful urination is felt as pain or a burning sensation with urination. The discomfort is felt in the areas of the urethra, which is the tube that carries urine out of the bladder, or in the perineum, the area between the anus and the genitals....
Painful urination is not just a condition that affects adults. Children can have burning or stinging when urinating, as well as an increased in the need to urinate. These symptoms range in severity and signify either an infection or a temporary...
Frequent urination is the urge to urinate more often than normal during the day, at night or both. During urination, a person with frequent urination may void a normal or less than normal amount of urine. Dysuria, or painful urination, is a...
Clementines are small sweet seedless mandarin oranges. While you might not expect eating clementine oranges to cause painful urination, clementines are citrus fruits, and citrus can be irritating to the bladder. This irritation may worsen symptoms...
Any kind of pain, pressure, discomfort or burning sensation that occurs during urination should always be evaluated by a physician. The cause of painful urination or dysuria can be diagnosed through a physical exam that includes reviewing the...
Coffee is one of the most widely-consumed beverages in the world. From lattes to instant coffee and espresso to decaffeinated coffee, the size and contents of different drinks varies considerably. If you suffer from painful urination, coffee has...
Jalapeno peppers are spicy and can actually cause pain, or a burning sensation, in your mouth, down your throat and in your stomach, and they can cause painful bowel movements and urination. Not everyone who eats jalapenos experiences the pain and...
Painful and frequent urination are two relatively common symptoms that often indicate an infection somewhere within your urinary tract. According to MayoClinic.com, painful and frequent urination may occur in conjunction with other urinary tract...
A 2-year-old who is vomiting may have the stomach flu, food poisoning, an intestinal illness, a severe cough, a bladder infection or an intestinal obstruction. All of these conditions have specific signs and symptoms. Some are self-limiting and...
Having a painful urination could be due to numerous conditions, from a simple urinary tract infection to a sexually transmitted disease. When the burning, or painful, sensation begins may vary from individual to individual. There's no set time...
If your daughter is uncomfortable in dirty diapers, can answer simple questions and shows an interest in using the toilet, she is ready to be potty trained. Children should become ready to be potty trained at about age 2 or 3, states the Mayo...
BabyCenter.com says that in order to potty train successfully, your daughter must be physically and emotionally ready to do so, and 27 months of age is good time to start. It is not too early to begin training, as FamilyDoctor.org states that most...
People have used Vaccinium macrocarpon, more commonly known as cranberry, for both food and medicinal purposes for hundreds of years. The fruit is rich in antioxidants, substances that neutralize free radicals in the body that can damage cell...
In the United States, urinary tract infections, including bladder discomfort and cystitis, account for approximately 4 million visits a year to the doctor's office. Cystitis is an inflammation of the bladder and the urethra that causes an...
Etanercept (brand name Enbrel) is a medication used to reduce the symptoms of autoimmune diseases, according to Drugs.com. Autoimmune disorders, conditions in which the immune system mistakes the body's own cells as foreign bodies and begins...
The prostate is a gland that is involved in the male reproductive system. When cells of the prostate begin to grow too rapidly and become out of control, a disease develops that is called prostate cancer. In addition to forming masses in the...
Lipitor is a medicine used to reduce triglyceride and cholesterol levels in the blood stream. It is part of a group of medications that inhibit the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase. The use of Lipitor may help to prevent such...
Silvadene, one of the brand names of the prescription medicine silver sulfadiazine, is a topical medication designed to treat fungal or bacterial infections. It is a cream that is applied to the skin and kills the agent causing the infection,...
The prostate is a gland in the male reproductive system that secretes fluid that carries sperm during ejaculation, states the University of Maryland Medical Center. An enlargement of the prostate refers to an abnormal increase in the size of the...
Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted bacterial infection caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. This common infection affected more than 1.2 million people in the United States in 2008, according to the Centers for Disease Control and...
Doctors may prescribe the generically named drug tamsulosin, sold in the United States as Flomax, to help reduce the symptoms of BPH, or benign prostatic hyperplasia, the medical term for an enlarged prostate gland. Because the prostate surrounds...
The prostate gland aids in the production of semen, the fluid that carries sperm. When a male ejaculates, his muscles suddenly contract and send semen from the testicles to the urethra, where it is eliminated from the body through the opening of...
The National Cancer Institute reports that more than 186,000 men in the United States are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year, and that it is the second most common cancer in American men. The prostate is a walnut-sized endocrine organ in...
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