Pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) is a condition that occurs when the muscles, ligaments, and connective tissues that make up the pelvic floor are weakened or damaged. A pelvic floor is a group of muscles that support the bladder, uterus, and rectum, and help control urination, defecation, and sexual function. Causes The pressure of the growing…
DetailsUterine prolapse is a condition in which the uterus descends from its normal position in the pelvis into the vaginal canal. This occurs when the muscles and ligaments supporting the uterus become weakened, allowing it to sag or slip down. The degree of prolapse can range from mild to severe, and the uterus may protrude…
DetailsFibroids are tissue growths that can develop in the uterus during a woman’s childbearing years. They are very common, and most women face fibroid sometime during their life. Fibroids are usually benign tumours (not cancerous) that grow in the uterus, but they can cause problems for some women. They can vary in size, from very…
DetailsHysterectomy is defined as the surgical procedure to remove the uterus. Once done, women will no longer be able to get pregnant after the operation. And, if they still did not go through menopause, they will no longer have periods irrespective of their age. It is more common for women aged between 40-50. In the…
DetailsUterine fibroids are growths made up of the muscle and connective tissue from the wall of the uterus and are usually not cancerous. Fibroids can grow as a single bump or in a cluster. These clusters can range in size from 1 mm to more than 20 cm in diameter or even larger which can…
DetailsA hysterectomy is the removal of the uterus and sometimes the ovaries and fallopian tubes. It is a major surgery usually only done when other treatments have failed. The most common reason for a hysterectomy is to treat uterine fibroids. Other reasons include endometriosis, uterine prolapse, and cancer. There are different types of hysterectomy, depending…
DetailsA wide age range of women including those in reproductive years have accepted uterine fibroid embolization as the best non-invasive method of treatment for fibroid removal in Chennai. The ability to have a baby after fibroid embolization depends on various factors such as patient age, efforts to conceive, past surgical or medical history, and other…
DetailsDifferent ways To Manage Incontinence Without Surgery Many of the patients have urinary incontinence or lack bladder control frequently, but that doesn’t make it any less uncomfortable for them. The intensity of it might range from leaking urine when they cough or sneeze to experiencing an intense urge to urinate that frequently prevents them from…
DetailsIn affluent nations, the most frequent major gynaecological procedure in women is hysterectomy – the surgical removal of the uterus. However, there are also some barriers that one should be aware of before getting into the treatment. Barriers to Hysterectomy Regardless of the type of surgery, a hysterectomy is a serious medical procedure with a…
DetailsThe prostate is a walnut-sized gland that forms a part of the male reproductive system and functions to produce semen. It is situated between the bladder and penis in a way that it wraps around the urethra, a thin tube through which urine and semen pass to leave the body. Many men over 40 and…
DetailsUterine fibroids, the most frequent type of pelvic development in women, affect each woman differently. Fibroids are comprised of uterine muscle tissue. Although their placement is not limited to the uterine cavity they can also develop on the exterior of the uterus and within the uterine walls. They can also attach to the uterus through…
DetailsDifference Between Uterine Polyps vs. Fibroids Uterine Polyps and Fibroids are uterine growths. The primary difference is that the tissue found in fibroids and polyps is substantially different. Fibrous tissue that is thick and connective makes up fibroids. Endometrial tissue, which is present in the uterine lining, makes up polyps. Nearly 80% of women will…
DetailsThe growing of excessive muscle cells than the required amount in the uterus is fibroids. These are noncancerous tumours developing in women while they are not pregnant. Research studies tell that tumours like fibroids develop from an abnormal muscle cell and multiply rapidly. Age, getting periods at a young age, birth control use, vitamin D…
DetailsUterine Fibroid is a benign tumour that grows in the uterus. The non-cancerous tumour can occur anywhere in the uterus but is most common in the upper part of the uterus. They are generally made up of a combination of muscle and fibrous tissue, but may also contain blood vessels, fat, and other cells. Uterine…
DetailsEndometriosis and Fibroids: Know the difference Endometriosis and Uterine Fibroids are the two most common gynaecological disorders that affect uterine function and women’s quality of life. Recent studies reveal an association shared between them of which, oestrogen-related pathophysiology plays a significant part. Owing to this, some of the symptoms for each of these conditions are…
DetailsUterine fibroid tumours may be left untreated if they are small, do not cause any symptoms, or if the affected woman is nearing menopause. Fibroids that cause painful and severe symptoms can affect their quality of life. Nonetheless, untreated fibroids can cause certain complications that may become dangerous. Fibroids can interfere with general well-being, depending…
DetailsA myomectomy is a surgical procedure that involves removing the fibroids from the uterus. It is recommended for women suffering from large fibroids causing pain or other problems. The surgical removal of uterine fibroids through different incisions can be done by a hospital that is best in fibroid removal surgery in Chennai. Symptoms of uterine fibroids…
DetailsUterine fibroids are benign tumours that develop from the smooth muscle tissue in the uterus. It is determined during a regular pelvic examination. The doctors may find the presence of fibroids by analysing the irregularity in your uterus shape. Fibroids can cause heavy periods, pain during intercourse, and difficulty getting pregnant. Determining Fibroids In the…
DetailsOveractive Bladder: Know the Symptoms Overactive bladder is a common condition in women where the bladder undergoes repeated and uncontrolled bladder without a cause that can be found. The bladder becomes a bag of muscle that squeezes or contracts suddenly without any control irrespective of the bladder being full or not full. Overactive bladder is…
DetailsHysterectomy is a surgical procedure in which a woman’s uterus is removed. Uterus is the organ in a woman’s body where a baby grows during pregnancy. Hysterectomy is typically done when there are problems with the uterus. Some other common reasons why hysterectomy may be performed are uterine fibroids, chronic pelvic pain & cancer. In…
DetailsUrinary infection is one of the most common infections that people suffer from. With bacteria present around the vagina, rectum, or the skin it gets into the urine and travels into the bladder causing infection. These are more common in women as they have shorter urethras making it easier for the bacteria to reach the…
DetailsUterine fibroids are a common condition affecting premenopausal women, and one of the most common symptoms from fibroids is heavy bleeding during periods. Fibroids can occur at any age but are most common in women 35 to 50 years of age. Uterine fibroids are benign growths that tend to mostly go away on their own,…
DetailsWhen the Symptoms & Causes Of Bladder Control Problems (Urinary Incontinence) urge to urinate is so sudden and strong that you don’t have time to go to a toilet and you start to leak that is called Urinary incontinence or known as the loss of bladder control. Millions of people suffer from loss of bladder…
DetailsWomen may think hysterectomy might help them escape the distressing side effects that are common during menopause. Removing the uterus can affect a woman’s health and well-being in some unexpected ways even though it no longer serves the function of housing a pregnancy. In contrary to common belief, a hysterectomy will not relieve menopausal symptoms and…
DetailsInterstitial Cystitis is long-term pain in the bladder, bladder pressure that can lead to pain in the pelvis region. The severity of pain may vary from very mild that can be ignored to severe unbearable pain. Interstitial Cystitis is one of several conditions that can cause pelvis pain. Interstitial Cystitis is more common in women…
DetailsPelvic organ prolapse is one of the very common problems faced by women. The organs in the pelvis region are held together by the tissues and muscles surrounding them. Due to various reasons when these supporting muscles lose strength, the organs move out of their original place causing prolapse. Rectocele is one type of pelvic…
DetailsUrinary Tract or the urinary system in humans includes the urethra, ureters, bladder, and kidneys. Infection to any of these organs is usually termed as Urinary Tract Infection (UTI). Urinary Tract Infection is more common in women compared to men. UTIs are caused by bacteria and are treated with antibiotics. Recurrence of UTI can be…
DetailsFowler’s syndrome is a cause of urinary retention. Urinary retention is the quite opposite of urinary incontinence. Women suffering from urinary retention have difficulty emptying their bladder even when the bladder signals that it is full and needs to empty. This is because the sphincter muscles around the urethra under the bladder that controls the…
DetailsThere is no match for the excitement, anticipation, and reward of childbirth. However, there is nothing there in comparison to the pain, stress, and discomfort during childbirth and that is the reason many women go for birth plans to take control of birthing positions during labor and delivery. Among many reasons, it has been shown…
DetailsUrologists and urogynaecologists are doctors who have specialized in specific segments of the urogenital system. Both fields of study need to spend many years of training between medical college, residency, and practice where they learn the more basic aspects of their chosen disciplines. The two specialists both undergo somewhat different educations after their medical school, …
DetailsBy now, most of you would have read somewhere or the other that healthy weight or optimal weight is very important to keep away 1001 types of diseases away. However, not many of us act on it and just forget the next day. As we add more fat to the body, we start acquiring health…
DetailsRectal prolapse refers to the descending or drooping of the rectum via the anus. It occurs when pressure in the abdomen is greater than the strength of the pelvic floor, connective tissues and deep core muscles that help in keeping the bowel in its place. Yoga exercises that strengthen pelvic and abdominal stability without significant…
DetailsPelvic pain is a common condition in many women. The pain may be chronic or acute caused due to various reasons. Females can feel pain in the lower abdomen, low back or anywhere within the area of the pelvis. The pain occurs as a symptom of normal pelvic functions, in pregnancy, or sometimes, as an…
DetailsIf you have one polyp in the uterus, it is better to remove the uterus or not Many women may have been told they are diagnosed with a common abnormality of the uterus lining, called polyps. Though common growth, understanding of their development inside the uterine cavity, and knowing the symptoms that vary with severity,…
DetailsThere are many treatment options but there is no single “best” treatment for fibroids. Treatment options range from no treatment at all to surgery. There is no clear winner of one treatment over the other but in discussion with a urologist specialist in Chennai, the most suitable treatment for fibroids may be chosen as the…
DetailsIncontinence is defined as a condition when urine leaks involuntarily when a person laughs, sneezes, or lifts weights. This is mostly seen in women and not very uncommon. The ability of the bladder to control the opening is lost when the muscles supporting it lose strength for various reasons. Three major factors that contribute to…
DetailsOveractive Bladder, also called OAB in short is a condition when a person has to urinate frequently and when he/she is unable to hold the urge until he/she reaches the toilet. The person may have wake up multiple times during sleep to urinate which can affect him/her physically and mentally. If the frequent urination problem…
DetailsGoing to toilet to pee more than 10 times within a span of couple of hours? Do you feel burning or stinging sensation when you pee? These are the common indicators/symptoms that your bladder might be infected. Bladder Infection (a part of Urinary Tract Infections) is typically caused due to bacteria. You may feel pain…
DetailsIn our previous article, we went through what is Colon cancer (colorectal cancer), the symptoms that occur and how your urologist or urogynecologist diagnoses colon cancer. If you haven’t read through the article, please visit the following link before you learn about the treatment options for colorectal cancer. Colon (Colorectal) Cancer – Symptoms & Diagnosis…
DetailsLet us briefly understand what colon is and its functions. Digestion of food starts from chewing it in the mouth and ends with excretion of waste from rectum & anus. Once the swallowed food reaches the stomach, it is broken down into smaller particles that then pass into the small intestines. In the small intestines,…
DetailsInflammatory Bowel Disease – A medical condition when the large bowel (large intestine) or small bowels (small intestines) gets inflamed due to various reasons. Crohn’s disease is one such Inflammatory Bowel Disease that causes inflammation of the digestive tract. The areas affected by this disease can vary from person to person and it can often…
DetailsIn medical terms, if a person is passing stools less than 3 times a week, he/she is said to be suffering from constipation. General definition of constipation is ‘infrequent bowel movements or difficulty in passing stools’. If a person has been having this condition for quite some time, he/she is said to be suffering from…
DetailsWhat is Vaginal Agenesis? Vaginal Agenesis is a congenital (by birth) defect where in the baby will have an under developed vagina and in rare case, the baby may not have vagina at all. In such babies, other problems may also be found such as absence of a kidney or both or the kidneys may…
DetailsWomen’s pelvic muscles lose strength with mainly 3 factors: Pregnancy, Child birth, especially with vaginal child birth Age If you haven’t read our previous article that talks about ‘How pregnancy affects the pelvic floor muscles’, please click on the below link and read through. Effect of Pregnancy and Child birth on pelvic floor The loss…
DetailsWhen a woman gets pregnant, what we see is the changes in her body externally. But, there are several other changes that happen internally in her body that are not visible. The physical changes that happen in a woman’s body during pregnancy are detrimental to the muscles, nerves, connecting tissues in her pelvis region. Weakening…
DetailsKidney stones have become a very common problem. While small stones form and go away with urine, as they grow larger, it becomes difficult to pass and become a very painful condition causing vomiting, bleeding etc. Before you lean about the home remedies to prevent and treat kidney stones, it is important to learn about…
DetailsThe internal lining of the uterus is called ‘Endometrium’. Scraping and collecting a part of the endometrium to check for cancer cells or abnormal cell growth is called endometrial biopsy. Variation in hormone levels, uterine infections such as endometritis can also be inferred from endometrial biopsy. Endometrial biopsy is done as an outpatient procedure without…
DetailsWhat is Endometrium? Endometrium is the inner lining of the uterus. This layer is shed regularly during menstruation of women if they don’t get pregnant. In some women, the endometrium layer becomes thick (thickens) and causes unusual bleeding. This condition is called ‘Endometrial Hyperplasia’. Endometrial Hyperplasia can be cancerous or benign depending on the presence…
DetailsUterine cancer is a medical condition where cancer tumors form on the inner lining of the uterus. The inner lining of the uterus is called Endometrium, hence the name Endometrial cancer. The outer layer of the uterus is made of muscles and it is called Myometrium. Endometrial cancer is different from the cancer that occurs…
DetailsThere are several different treatment options for prostate cancer depending on the person’s age, stage of the cancer, how soon it is spreading. Treatment options include: Surgical Removal of Prostate Radiation Therapy Hormone Therapy Freezing Prostate Tissue Chemotherapy Biological / Autoimmune Therapy If you have not read about Symptoms, causes and diagnosis of Prostate Cancer,…
DetailsProstate is a small walnut shaped organ in men that exists just below the bladder. Prostate controls the opening and closing of urethra and helps a man empty his bladder. Prostate also produces seminal fluids that gets mixed with the sperms and comes out as ejaculate. Prostate cancer is one type of cancer that grows…
DetailsFibroids are benign tumors that grow on the lining of the uterus or outside of it. There are different types of fibroids classified depending on the place they grow. To know more on types of fibroids, you can refer to the following article: Types of fiboirds Some fibroids don’t show any symptoms. They don’t cause…
DetailsWhat is dialysis? Healthy kidneys filter unwanted waste products, drugs, toxins etc from our blood in the form of urine. When kidneys are damaged due to various reasons, the waste products in the blood make a life threatening condition. So, our specialists invented an artificial cleaning mechanism which mimics the functioning of kidneys, called ‘dialysis’.…
DetailsHow men can manage Urinary Incontinence? Urinary Incontinence, a medical condition where a person is unable to control his/her bladder and the urine leaks out. Abdomen can feel pressurised when a person bends, lifts objects, sneezes, coughs etc. While this is categorized as one type of incontinence, there are other types of incontinence where the…
DetailsKnowing about Kidney Cancer (Renal Cancer) The bean shaped organs sitting in the lower abdomen on either side of the spinal cord are the Kidneys. They clean the blood by removing/filtering the waste from it and making urine. Kidney Cancer is a medical condition when the cells inside the kidneys become cancerous and multiply in…
DetailsProstatitis – Prostate Infection Prostate is a walnut sized organ that sits at the end of the penis (inside the body) and right below the bladder. The urethra that carries urine from the bladder through the penis passes through the prostate organ. Prostate controls the passage of urine through the urethra. Prostatitis is a medical…
DetailsBenign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) – Enlarged Prostate Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia is a common condition in aged men. Prostate is an organ in the pelvis area, located right below the bladder. Prostate makes most of the fluid that forms a part of semen. This liquid along with sperm is pushed out of the penis during ejaculation.…
DetailsPelvic Floor Dysfunction Pelvic floor is formed by a group of muscles and ligaments in the pelvic region. They stretch like a band and contract as needed from front to back or side to side. Pelvis contains soft organs such as bladder, rectum, uterus (in women) , prostate etc. The muscles around these organs support…
DetailsTypes of Kidney stones – Part 2 Calcium Phosphate Stones In our previous article, we mentioned about Calcium Oxalate Stones and how they are formed. If you want to start reading from there, you can click on the below link: Calcium Oxalate Stones Next in line are ‘Calcium Phosphate Stones’. Before we get into the…
DetailsTypes of Kidney stones – Part 1 – Calcium Oxalate Stones Calcium Oxalate Stones, the most common type of Kidney stones are formed due to excess Calcium or Oxalate or Uric acid along with low citrates. Kidneys clean the blood by filtering waste products such as salts and fluids or liquids and pass them as…
DetailsDiagnosis & Treatment of Kidney Stones Kidney stones are small solid rock like objects that form in the kidneys. The function of kidneys is to clear the waste products and fluids from the body. In this process, the excess acids and salts form turn into solid causing severe pain in the side of abdominal area,…
DetailsTreatment options for Uterine Fibroids Fibroids are non cancerous (benign) tumours that can be as small as a pea nut or as large as an orange. Depending on the place where they grow and how they grow, they are classified into different types. Typically as long as these fibroids don’t show any symptoms, you are…
DetailsUreterocele – a duplex anamoly In a human body, kidneys filters and removes waste matter and excess water from the blood. This waste is transferred to the urinary bladder through ‘ureters’. In normal conditions, one kidney will have one ureter connected to the bladder. In the lower side of the bladder, there will be another…
DetailsUrotrauma – What is it? An injury to urinary tract or reproductive organs is termed as ‘Urotrauma’. The cause of the injury can be anything such as an accident, a fight, bad fall from a height hurting your abdominal area, consumption or breathing of chemicals, injury due a weapon/tool etc. If any of the organs…
DetailsDifferent types of fibroids Fibroids are abnormal growth tissues that develop inside or on the uterus of a woman. Sometimes, they can be small and show no symptoms of any kind. Some times, they can grow very large in size and cause severe abdominal pain, heavy bleeding during mestruation. What actually causes fibroids is not…
DetailsSurgical treatment of Piles / Hemorrhoids:As you may be aware, Piles/Hemorrhoids are swollen veins that can be present inside the rectum or at the end of it (outside). They are called Internal Hemorrhoids and External Hemorrhoids respectively. Sometimes, they go away on their own without need of any treatment. However, if you start seeing blood…
DetailsHysterectomy is a procedure where the uterus (womb) of woman is removed in different ways. In fact, there exits different types of Hysterectomy surgeries where only upper part of Uterus is removed or entire Uterus and cervix are removed or in extreme cases entire Uterus, Cerfix, Fallopian tubes, vagina and ovaries are removed. The reason…
DetailsWhen does your (Uro)gynecologist suggest Hysterectomy? Hysterectomy is a procedure where the uterus (womb) of woman is removed in different ways. In fact, there exits different types of Hysterectomy surgeries where only upper part of Uterus is removed or entire Uterus and cervix are removed or in extreme cases entire Uterus, Cervix, fallopian tubes, vagina…
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