WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for August, 2007: Re: UROGYNECOLOGY: First Dr. Visit 4 Incontinence

Re: UROGYNECOLOGY: First Dr. Visit 4 Incontinence

From: Amy Rosenman, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:05:14 -0500 (CDT)

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Message posted on Amy Rosenman, M.D. behalf by: Hope, Women’s Health Forum Moderator

Please read THE INCONTINENCE SOLUTION: ANSWERS FOR WOMEN OF ALL AGES. I wrote this book with my co author Bill Parker for just this situation. Essentially the evaluation involves a history and a physical. You will likely have a urine test and possibly a small tube will collect a sample directly from the bladder. Following this you may be prescribed medication, biofeedback, or surgery or a combination of things. If surgery is recommeded, a urodynamic test may be performed. It is painless, involves filling the bladder with sterile water through a small tube while measuring the pressure in the bladder and urethra as well as measuring the rectal pressure. A bladder diary may be recommended as well. It is a painless evaluation with many options for improvement. Best of luck!

-- Amy Rosenman, M.D. Assistant Clinical Professor GYN Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Santa Monica, California

http://www.obgyn.net/meet.asp?page=/all_advisors/A_Rosenman

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At Fri, 24 Aug 2007, Lisa wrote: > >I'm going for my first visit to the urogyn this month. I suffer from >incontinence and wondered what to expect on my first visit, what kind of >test, etc, etc.

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