GynoFiles

Women who run to the bathroom to pee too often have bladders that do not react normally to the signals of full and empty. Most women can't stand this life intrusion and want it fixed which is why they find themselves at their gyno office discussing whether they should begin medicine or get a surgery, when to use a pessary,  or when to hire a physical therapist, or when to get a  rejuvenating laser, PTNS therapy, or even a  PRP shot, bulking agents, or Botox therapy. All these therapies can be successful, and at Women's Health Practice we want to help you be successful!   Extra trips to the bathroom or just feeling like you have to go with out really having to empty. called the "overactive bladder" or OAB. Medically we say that overactive bladders have a "SUDDEN, COMPELLING DESIRE TO PASS URINE THAT IS DIFFICULT TO DEFER"  Physicians might also term term this urgency . Women say that it's not a sensation that can be avoided, when they e...

Urodynamics or Cystometrics are fairly straightforward tests of the ability of our bladder to function. When we are having to rush to the bathroom, but don't make it; run to the bathroom too often; have questions about the way the urine actually comes out, it may be time for more than just a simple gyno visit. It maybe time to get a test of the function of your bladder so that treatments can be fine tuned to fix exactly what is wrong. These tests, which has a variety of names including urodynamics and cystometrics are in office tests that are done at many urologists offices and some gynecologists offices. A catheter is placed in the bladder and sterile fluid is instilled.  Cystometry (or cystometrogram) evaluates bladder function by measuring the pressure and volume of fluid in the bladder during the inflow of this fluid, which is equivalent to your kidney filling your bladder from above. Then after the pressure is measured during filling, the amount of urine you can hold known a...