Not exact matches
During this time, your enlarging uterus exerts some
pressure on your
bladder causing urine leakage in small amounts.
As your pregnancy progresses the baby will actually grow large enough to put
pressure on your
bladder,
causing you to feel the need to go more often.
Later in the pregnancy, frequent bathroom breaks are often
caused by an enlarged uterus (and the rapidly growing baby inside) putting
pressure on the
bladder.
Enlargement of the uterus not only puts
pressure on stomach but also the
bladder causing the feel of going more often.
Another
cause for your frequent urination is your uterus, as it begins to put
pressure on your
bladder, giving it less room to store urine.
The
pressure on your
bladder can
cause you to make frequent trips to bathroom.
You may also mistake the
pressure of your baby as the sensation of a full
bladder,
causing you to make trips to the restroom only to find you don't really need to urinate.
Pressure on your
bladder can also come from the outside, also
causing you to feel the urge to urinate.
* Parkinson's disease commonly starts after the age of 50 and
causes a combination of debilitating symptoms, including shaking and other abnormal movements, loss of balance, low blood
pressure,
bladder and intestinal problems, sleeping disorders and dementia.
Too snug denim can
cause vaginal irritation and may put
pressure on the
bladder, which could bring on a UTI.
Also known as interstitial cystitis (IC), painful
bladder syndrome is a chronic
bladder problem that
causes pain and
pressure below the belly button.
Question your gynecologist as to the exact location and discuss surgery if the fibroid is
causing too much
pressure on the
bladder.
A prolapsed uterus can put
pressure on a healthy
bladder and trigger a weakening here,
causing the
bladder itself to prolapse.
In essence, stress urinary incontinence is
caused by physical stress or
pressure on the
bladder within the abdomen.
Kidney and
bladder stones that block the flow of urine
cause pressure that slowly destroys the kidneys.
This became the rule - every time Howard finished a meal (a full stomach puts
pressure on a puppy's
bladder), woke up from a sleep, or had a big playtime (excitement can
cause a puppy to pee), we'd take him outside and wait for the magic signal.
The next consequence is the effect of kidney failure that occurs when back
pressure from the
bladder causes urine production in the kidneys to cease.
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causing organism or virus Alb - albumin (liver, kidney and intestinal disorders) Alk - Phos, ALP alkaline phosphatase (liver and adrenal disorders) Allergy Testing intradermal or blood antibody test for allergen hypersensitivity ALT - alanine aminotransferase (liver disorder) Amyl - amylase enzyme — non specific (pancreatitis) ANA - antinuclear antibody (systemic lupus erythematosus) Anaplasmosis Anaplasma spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) APTT - activated partial thromboplastin time (blood clotting ability) AST - aspartate aminotransferase (muscle and liver disorders) Band band cell — type of white blood cell Baso basophil — type of white blood cell Bile Acids digestive acids produced in the liver and stored in the gall
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pressure measurement BUN - blood urea nitrogen (kidney and liver function) Bx biopsy C & S aerobic / anaerobic bacterial culture and antibiotic sensitivity test (infection, drug selection) Ca +2 calcium ion — unbound calcium (parathyroid gland function) CBC - complete blood count (all circulating cells) Chol cholesterol (liver, thyroid disorders) CK, CPK creatine [phospho] kinase (muscle disease, heart disease) Cl - chloride ion — unbound chloride (hydration, blood pH) CO2 - carbon dioxide (blood pH) Contrast Radiograph x-ray image using injected radiopaque contrast media Cortisol hormone produced by the adrenal glands (adrenal gland function) Coomb's anti- red blood cell antibody test (immune - mediated hemolytic anemia) Crea creatinine (kidney function) CRT - capillary refill time (blood
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