What treats a urologist in men?

When a man develops a disease of the genitourinary system, he is recorded on an appointment with the therapist. Making sure that the health problem is specific, the patient is directed to a specialist with a narrow profile. This is the doctor urologist-andrologist. He will conduct an examination of the man, prescribe diagnostic procedures, make prescriptions of the treatment plan and will monitor the dynamics of the patient's condition.

What are the features of the urologist andrologist?

The range of activities of a physician includes violations that do not relate to a specific, one area - surgery, venereology, sexopathology, therapy, cardiology or endocrinology. Each of the diseases that are addressed to this specialist unites all of the listed directions. If a violation of any of these areas occurs against the background of a general disease, the urologist reserves the right to engage in the design of a survey and treatment plan for colleagues - a cardiologist, endocrinologist, therapist.

Also, the specificity of the urologist-andrologist involves the elimination of diseases potentially capable of affecting the listed areas. For example, having cured a cancerous tumor, a specialist will prevent the development of metastases to the lungs and bones, which relates to the sphere of influence of the therapist. Eliminating the patient from varicocele, the doctor will help him to avoid infertility, the treatment of which falls within the competence of the reproductive expert. Eliminating urinary incontinence, the urologist will prevent the patient from developing psychological problems from being in society, etc.

What does the urologist cure?

Diseases of the genitourinary system

The range of activities of the doctor is wide, so a man can address him with the following problems:

1. Orcoepididymitis. Inflammation of the testis and its appendage. Occurs after hypothermia, stroke, but more often - due to sexually transmitted infection. Pathology is treated with antibiotics: they are administered by drip or injection. The prognosis is favorable.
2. Varicocele. Varicose veins, inflammation of the veins of the spermatic cord. Causes of development - overheating groin underwear, lifting weights, stagnation of sperm. It is possible to suspect the disease by pain in the groin or scrotum area. Other severe symptoms are absent in the early stages. The solution to the health problem is the operation.
3. Urolithiasis. Stones can be located inside the bladder, kidney, ureter. They are different in chemical composition, size, texture, but they unite their causes of development - metabolic disorders, poor nutrition, the use of polluted water, sedentary lifestyle. The urologist will offer destruction of a stone by the laser or deducing or removing by a natural way( if the arrangement and the size of adjournment allows).
4. Papillomas. Grafts and warts arising on the penis, testicles and in the groin after contact with the carrier of the virus. Dangerous flat papillomas are the ability to become a cancerous tumor. To address to the urologist it is necessary as soon as possible. Treatment involves moxibustion, scalpel removal, or laser removal.
5. Prostatitis. Inflammation of the prostate. In severe cases, a man urinates by drop, it gives him pain, against the background of the problem develops a problem with potency - there is no sexual attraction, excitement. Occurs after hypothermia, inconstant sex life, if he is sitting for a long time and still( at the computer - more often).They are treated with antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs.
6. Cystitis / urethritis. It occurs after hypothermia, as well as as a consequence of other pathologies( often of venereal origin).In men, the bladder is inflamed less often because of the long urethra( runs along the penis) leading to the organ. Cystitis and urethritis( inflammation of the urethra) are accompanied by pain when trying to urinate, sometimes by the presence of white discharge from the urethra, an increase in body temperature. The urologist prescribes antibiotics, warming up the inflamed area with physiotherapeutic methods, and spasmolytics.
7. Prostate adenoma. Benign prostate tumor. The disease is manifested by discomfort inside the perineum, urinary retention( the patient can not urinate), urine drop by drop( due to canal overlap).An operation is performed, during which the node is destroyed, and then antibiotics are administered for 10 days.
8. Prostate cancer;Bladder. Malignant tumor. Signs - severe pain inside the suprapubic region, the presence of blood in the urine, sudden, sudden weight loss. Taking into account the stage of the disease, the specialist suggests conducting an operation, radiotherapy or chemotherapy.

These are the main violations that can be addressed to a specialist by going through the examination and starting treatment. Its success depends on the stage of the disease at the time of treatment.

Pathological conditions of the genitourinary system

The activity of the urologist is related to the elimination of the following conditions:

• phimosis / paraphimosis( no possibility of exposing the head of the penis);
• priapism( a state of very long, continuous erection, which gives the man a strong pain);
• erectile dysfunction;
• stricture of the urethra( narrowing of the urethral lumen);
• hydrocele( shells of the testicles are filled with water, making the organ very large in size);
• hydronephrosis( abnormal expansion of renal pelvis due to impairment of urinary outflow);
• pyelonephritis;
• rupture of the penis frenum;
• kidney injury / rupture( occurs after injury - fall, accident, stroke);
• imbalance of male hormones( if the blood contains them above the norm or below).

The patient can have at the same time two diseases( cystitis and urethritis, stones inside the kidneys and pyelonephritis) - one urological disorder causes the second. Therefore, you need to visit a urologist soon after developing complaints of pain when urinating, problems with potency or the appearance of blood in the urine.

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