Urethra

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a condition when the organs are included into the urinary system, i.e. kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra, suffered an infection. Urinary tract infections can happen to anyone. However, because the body women have a shorter urethra tract, then women are more vulnerable to experiencing urinary tract infections. How to cure a UTI (Urinary Tract Infection)? Drink plenty of water to flush out the bacteria. Berry or cranberry juice may also help prevent urinary…

Briefly trace and discuss the flow of blood in the human kidney. Blood passes into the kidney through the renal artery entering the glomerulus within the Bowman’s capsule. However, when traveling into the glomerulus it is split into fifty capillaries, which has thin walls. The solutes within the blood are filtered through the thin walls by the pressure gradient exiting between the fluid in the Bowman’s capsule and blood capillaries. The pressure gradient is regulated by the dilation or…

begin by explaining the male reproductive system, the testes are cradled within a ‘bag’ of skin called the scrotum, their two functions are to produce sperm cells and sex hormones. Next, the vas deferens. Sperm passes through the vas deferens to the urethra, whilst travelling through the vas deferens it mixes with a fluid containing nutrients for the sperm cells. This is secreted from the seminal vesicle and prostate gland, once the fluid and sperm mix, it is called semen. After this,…

Prostara: Your Aid to a Healthy Prostate People are getting more health conscious nowadays – more and more are eating healthy and putting effort in being and keeping fit. There is also greater attention toward different health conditions. In fact, the United States alone officially has almost 200 health awareness days. September is designated Prostate Health Awareness month, geared toward making men understand the prostate, its functions and what men can do to promote prostate health – like…

There are some people who will go throughout their life without ever having to go to a hospital. Others though, may go one or two, or even a few times to be seen and treated for an illness or medical problem they are facing. The point is, people go to hospitals to be treated. People go there to receive care that they are not able to give themselves. It is disheartening to know that those very people who seek care from these establishments could also receive the exact opposite. According to the…

1a Glucagon and insulin both regulate blood glucose levels. However, their effects are contrasting: glucose is a hyperglycemic hormone, whereas insulin is a hypoglycemic hormone. A hyperglycemic hormone is a hormone that raises blood glucose levels. Glucagon acts as a hyperglycemic hormone because glucagon targets the liver to promote glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis. (Glycogenolysis is the breakdown of glycogen to glucose; while gluconeogenesis is the synthesis of glucose from lactic acid and…

IgA nephropathy or Berger’s Disease, is a kidney disorder that arises when IgA settles in the kidneys. More specifically, when the IgA protein accumulates or clumps in the small blood vessels of the kidney, triggering inflammation which damages the glomeruli tissue (Mayo Clinic). Your kidneys are two bean-shaped organs located on the posterior abdominal wall. One of the kidneys main functions is to filter toxic waste from the blood; the glomeruli play an important role in this process. The more…

CHLAMYDIA Chlamydia (say "kluh-MID-ee-uh") is a disease spread through sexual contact. This contamination taints the urethra in men. In ladies, it taints the urethra and the cervix and can spread to the conceptive organs. It is a standout amongst the most widely recognized sexually transmitted contaminations (STIs). Chlamydia does not bring about issues on the off chance that you treat it immediately. In any case, left untreated, it can prompt to difficult issues, particularly for ladies:  On…

External urogenital myiasis of women usually involves vulva, perineum, urethra, vagina cavity and the uterus (). Cases of urogenital myiasis mostly involve flesh flies and blow flies (). External urogenital myiasis of men usually involves glans penis, scrotal skin and penile urethra with induration and ulceration in the involved region (). Internal urogenital myiasis is uncommon in which maggot involves an internal urogenital…

to etiology unknown, and prostatodynia, a pain prostate separated from ' inflammation, accordingly (alleged) of a marked tension of the pelvic floor and urethral spasms. Causes- Bacterial prostatitis is caused by bacteria through the urethra reach the prostate; urethra is tube that carries urine out of the body. The cause may also be an infection that originates in the bladder or the positioning of a contaminated catheter…