Category: Female Urology

Female abnormal voiding: Underactive bladder disease

Female abnormal urination problems are increasingly common in my female urology clinic. Today we will discuss about “Underactive bladder” disease in female. Normally, the bladder’s function is to store urine and squeeze all urine out when we urinate, but underactive bladder prevents the bladder from contracting as strongly as it should, leading to the following […]

Acute Urinary retention (AUR) in Female

Female urinary retention is a rare condition compared to males — literature shows an incidence ratio of female to male as low as 1:13. The reason is that women do not have a prostate gland, which is the most common cause of bladder outlet obstruction in aging men. However, when acute urinary retention (AUR) does […]

Transient Urinary Retention: Management

Urinary retention is a common complaint at my urology office, affecting millions of people worldwide with increasing prevalence in the elderly. Good news: some causes of urinary retention are reversible. If correctly identified and treated, the retention resolves without further investigation or long-term management. This article focuses on “Transient Urinary Retention” — the reversible form. […]

Urge incontinence (UI): Urine leaking before getting to toilet

Urge incontinence (UI) is defined as a sudden, overwhelming urge to urinate that is very difficult to suppress, resulting in involuntary urine leakage before reaching the toilet. UI is the 2nd most common type of urinary incontinence after stress incontinence, and is confirmed to be associated with aging and obesity. Interestingly, UI is predominant in […]

Stress urinary incontinence: The embarrassing symptom

Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is involuntary urine loss that occurs with activities that increase intra-abdominal pressure. SUI severely impacts quality of life, causing embarrassment and reduced social confidence. It is reported in approximately 15% of adult women, yet only about 60% of affected women seek medical treatment. Patients typically report leakage triggered by: coughing, laughing, […]

Urinary incontinence: General ideas

Soarawee Weerasopone, Urologist Bangkok hospital Headquarter, Bangkok Samitivej Sriracha hospital, Chonburi LINE Contact Urinary incontinence or involuntary urine leaking is our topic, and we are going to discuss about it today. I need to tell you that, this issue is not a life-threatening problem, but it was severity affect the quality of life if someone […]

Bladder pain syndrome: A disease which long-lasting impact on QoL

A huge amount of women patients who was being at my office with the annoying of urinary bladder pain symptom. Patients, they will realize that they are now in the phase of circling around the clinics and hospitals just because to seek out a certain medications and treatment for their conditions. And it shows up […]

Have you ever feel urinating frequently without a cause?

There are so many patients visiting my office with urinary frequency that has persisted for years. They have visited many clinics and hospitals, spending significant money without receiving a specific diagnosis. If you or your relatives experience this kind of problem, you might have what is called “Overactive Bladder Syndrome.” What is Overactive Bladder Syndrome […]