Acupuncture for management of lower urinary tract symptoms in Parkinson's disease

Medical management of lower urinary tract symptoms.

Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are a common complaint among aging men and are often caused by benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). A number of medical treatments for LUTS/BPH exist, such as alpha-blockers, 5alpha-reductase inhibitors, anticholinergics, phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitors, and combination therapies. Agonist binding of the alpha(1A)-adrenergic receptor (AR), causing pr...

Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms

www.trendsinmenshealth.com TRENDS IN UROLOGY & MEN’S HEALTH SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2017 Bladder pain syndrome (BPS), also referred to as interstitial cystitis (IC), is a chronic and debilitating condition. It presents with lower urinary tract symptoms in the form of urinary frequency, urgency, nocturia, and suprapubic and pelvic pain. The severity of the symptoms varies from person to person. It is ...

Self-management for men with lower urinary tract symptoms.

Treatment for men with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) has developed into a "cascade" that escalates from watchful waiting through medical treatment to surgery. Self-management can help men to adopt lifestyle and behavioral modifications that will avoid or delay an escalation in treatment and reduce symptoms. Although many of these interventions are advised to men with LUTS, it is usually i...

The management of lower urinary tract symptoms in men.

Lower urinary tract symptoms revisited.

In recent years, there has been an increased awareness of the importance of considering lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) as a global term. Under this umbrella term, disorders of bladder function can be most effectively considered as failure to store or failure to empty. We now clearly recognise the misconceptions inherent in the assumptions that all LUTS in men are caused by benign prostatic...