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GU/ RENAL History

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Frequency
May be due to inflammation, urinary retention, loss of compliance, and reduced capacity
Nocturia
Getting up more than once per night May be related to renal disease and cardiac disease
Dysuria
Painful urination - typically described as a "burning sensation"
Usually related to inflammation of the bladder, urethra, or prostate
Often the first symptom of urinary infection
Severity at the end of urination suggests bladder involvement
Obstructive urinary symptoms (5)
Loss of force or caliber of stream
Terminal dribbling
Sudden urgency
Urinary retention
Sense of residual urine
True incontinence
Loss without warning
Stress Incontinence
loss of urine associated with physical strain (i.e. cough, laughing)
Urge Incontinence
Loss of urine associated with symptom of urgency
Overflow Incontinence
Loss due to a full bladder (just can't hold any more)
Oliguria
Production of abnormally small amounts of urine
Anuria
Failure to produce urine
Oliguria/Anuria Due to
Acute renal failure
May be shock
May be bilateral ureteral obstruction
Pneumaturia:
Gas in the urinary stream
Look for a fistula to the bowel
Cloudy Urine
Increased alkalinity
Consider infection
Hematuria
Cannot be ignored
Possibility of cancer
Color of blood provides diagnostic clues
Timing of blood may provide diagnostic clues
Urethral Discharge
May be accompanied by burning
Consider STI
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