Urology

Urology is a branch of medicine that studies the etiology and pathogenesis of diseases of the urinary system, adrenal glands, male reproductive system, and other organs of the retroperitoneal space. Urology is aimed at preventing, diagnosing, and treating congenital and acquired pathologies of these organs.

A specialist who represents this area of medicine is a urologist.

Symptoms that require you to see a urologist:

• painful sensations during urination;
• chronic feeling of a full bladder that does not go away even after urination;
• pain in the lower abdomen;
• urinary retention;
• changes in the consistency, color and transparency of urine;
• admixture of mucus or blood in the urine.

Diseases that urology studies:

• Andrology deals with the treatment of congenital and inflammatory diseases of the male genital organs: phimosis, cystitis, urethritis, prostatitis.
• Urogynecology deals with a number of diseases related to urology and gynecology: cystitis and urethritis in women, vaginal dysbiosis.
• Pediatric urology is aimed at treating childhood pathologies of the genitourinary system.
• Geriatric urology is a branch that deals with inflammatory pathologies of the genitourinary system in elderly patients: urethritis, decreased muscle tone of the pelvic organs.
• Phthisiourology deals with the treatment of tuberculosis of the kidneys, genitals and urinary tract.
• Oncourology deals with the treatment of malignant neoplasms localized in the kidneys, bladder, prostate, testicles, penis.
• Emergency urology deals with the treatment of renal colic, anuria, hematuria, acute urinary retention.

Diagnostics and treatment measures in urology

Diagnostics of urological diseases consists of questioning and examining the patient, ultrasound, pyeloscopy, cystostomy, urethroscopy, renal puncture.

After an accurate diagnosis, the doctor prescribes effective individual treatment.