General urology doctors
We offer care for a wide range of urinary problems and conditions. They include neurogenic and overactive bladder, urinary tract infections, kidney and bladder stones, hematuria, nocturia and more.
What our urologists care for
Neurogenic bladder
Neurogenic bladder happens when you leak urine before you’re ready to pee. This can be caused by loose bladder muscles. These muscles can become loose when the bladder nerves, spinal cord or brain don’t work well together.
When problems with these nerves happen, it can cause:
- Overactive bladder (when you often feel you need to pee)
- Incontinence (when you can’t control when you pee)
- Underactive bladder (when you can’t pee when you want to, or you pee slowly)
- Obstructive bladder (when something blocks your urine and you can’t pee)
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Overactive bladder
When it’s time to use the restroom, your brain lets you know. With a healthy bladder, you’re able to wait, if you need to. But with an overactive bladder (OAB), you get frequent urges to go, even when you don’t need to. Without the proper care, OAB can make life miserable.
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Urinary tract infections
A urinary tract infection (UTI) is caused by bacteria and happens in the urinary system. The urinary system includes:
- The kidneys. They filter your blood and make urine to carry waste out of the body.
- The ureters. These are the tubes that carry urine from your kidneys to your bladder.
- The bladder. The bladder holds urine until you’re ready to pee.
- The urethra. This is the tube that carries urine from your bladder and out of your body.
Bacteria live all over the body and regularly pass through the bladder. Often, the body flushes bacteria out when you pee. This can help stop you from getting a UTI.
UTIs are most common in women. But men can have them as well. They affect people at any age. More than six out of 10 women will get at least one UTI. As many as two to four out of 10 of those women will have another UTI.
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Kidney stones
Kidney stones are hard stones found in the kidneys. They form when your urine (pee) has high levels of minerals and salts.
There are four main types of kidney stones:
- Calcium stones; these are the most common
- Uric acid stones
- Struvite/infection stones
- Cysteine stones
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Bladder stones
Bladder stones form when a kidney stone leaves the kidney and is trapped in the ureter. (The ureter is the tube that runs from the kidney to the bladder.) Sometimes bladder stones can be passed out of the body when you pee. But, if the stone gets stuck in the ureter, urine can’t pass to the bladder.
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Blood in the urine (hematuria)
Blood found in the urine (pee) is called hematuria. There are two types:
- Gross hematuria is when red blood cells turn your urine pink, red or cola-colored. It’s often the cause of problems in the lower part of the urinary tract, like the bladder and prostate. But it can also come from the kidneys.
- Microscopic hematuria means blood is in the urine, but isn’t visible. It can come from anywhere in the urinary tract, from the kidneys to the urethra.
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Nocturia
Nocturia means you get up many times during the night to go to the bathroom. One in three adults over age 30 have this problem.
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