Urological History

Question 1

Lower UTI symptoms
(IVF)

Answer 1

Voiding
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Filling
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Question 2

Haematuria?

Question 3

UTI symptoms

Question 4

Chronic renal failure symptoms

Question 5

History of PC

Question 6

Drug history and allergies

Question 7

Social history

Question 8

Family history

Question 9

Key urological symptoms

Answer 9

Symptoms that are typically associated with urological disease include:

Dysuria: typically associated with urinary tract infection (UTI), including sexually transmitted infections (e.g. chlamydia, gonorrhoea).
Urinary frequency: commonly associated with UTIs.
Urinary urgency: may be associated with UTIs or detrusor instability.
Nocturia: associated with UTIs and prostate enlargement (e.g. benign prostatic hyperplasia).
Haematuria: associated with UTIs, trauma (e.g. catheter insertion) and renal tract cancers (e.g. bladder cancer, renal cancer).
Urinary hesitancy, terminal dribbling and poor urinary stream: associated with enlargement of the prostate (e.g. prostate cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia).
Urinary incontinence: associated with a wide range of pathology including UTIs, detrusor instability and spinal cord compression (e.g. cauda equina syndrome).
Fevers and rigors: typically associated with pyelonephritis.
Nausea and vomiting: typically associated with pyelonephritis.
Weight loss: associated with malignancy and uraemia.
Uraemic symptoms: nausea, vomiting, fatigue, anorexia, weight loss, muscle cramps, pruritis and confusion.