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Your Overactive Bladder Could Be Caused By Certain Foods
If you’re like several of my patients you may have an overactive bladder which keeps you running to the bathroom with an urge to urinate frequently. Some people have smaller bladder capacities than others and therefore naturally have to urinate more. Other people may be eating certain foods that can irritate their bladder causing the need them to urinate. I’d like to explain to you what some of these foods are and what you can do to minimize your “going” issues. Overactive Bladder – What… Read More
Wellness Topic: Bladder Support
Don’t Gamble When It Comes To Your Prostate!
By the time you are sixty—if you're a man—there's a fifty-fifty chance that you'll be suffering from an enlarged prostate. If you live long enough, your chances climb to 90 percent. An enlarged prostate—a condition called benign prostate hyperplasia—is a non-cancerous swelling of the prostate. As your prostate begins to swell, you'll find that you need to make more frequent trips to the bathroom, your urine stream will be weak, and you'll have a hard time finishing what you started… if you know what I mean. Read More
Wellness Topic: Articles, Bladder Support, General Health, Men's Health, Sexual Enhancement
Put an End to Rashes From Incontinence
There are some topics that are never easy for a patient to bring up. But in many cases, those things that are too embarrassing to talk about are the ones that are having the most effect on your daily quality of life. It's important to trust your doctor and address your health issues. Even the ones that are uncomfortable to talk about… like incontinence. Read More
Wellness Topic: Articles, Bladder Support, General Health
Your Bladder: Keep It Naturally Healthy
Every now and then a patient will come in with symptoms of a urinary tract infection. They tell me that maybe they’ve been drinking a little too much alcohol, not drinking enough water, and perhaps eating foods that are known bladder irritants. All these things can throw off the delicate pH balance of the bladder environment and contribute to getting a urinary tract infection. When this happens, I may have to prescribe antibiotics or other medications to help clear the infection. As I tell my… Read More
Wellness Topic: Bladder Support, General Health
What Your Urine Color Means!
Every now and then a patient will tell me that their urine looks “funny” sometimes. When I ask them what they mean by that, they invariably tell me that it seems to change colors. They’re concerned if these color changes are anything to worry about. Here’s what I tell them: What Color Is Your Urine? Urine can be different colors throughout the day depending on the amount of urochrome, a natural pigment, formed by the breakdown of red blood cells, which is present in urine.… Read More
Wellness Topic: Bladder Support, General Health
Urinary Incontinence- Get To The Source
You may have noticed that you leak urine when you laugh, sneeze, cough, or exercise. It’s embarrassing and a common complaint I hear from many of my patients who are over 40, men and women alike. In fact, this condition affects about 200 million people worldwide! It’s called urinary incontinence, or UI, the involuntary loss of bladder control. There are a lot of prescription drugs and surgical procedures out there aimed at controlling this type of incontinence. However, I’d like to tell you about some… Read More
Wellness Topic: Bladder Support, General Health
Overactive Bladder A Private Matter
Do you have a “going” problem? By that I mean do you have to urinate more often than you ever did before? One of my patients recently described his anxiety about searching for a bathroom because he feared he wouldn’t make it in time. He said he could barely get through two holes of golf without finding a wooded area to relieve himself. I know this is a private matter that most people don’t like to talk about. Sometimes known as the “closet disorder”, overactive… Read More
Wellness Topic: Bladder Support, General Health
