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Urination - Difficulty with Flow
Alternate Names : Delayed Urination, Difficulty Initiating Urination, Hesitancy
Definition
Difficulty starting or maintaining a urinary stream is called urinary hesitancy.
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Overview & Considerations
This problem affects people of all ages and occurs in both sexes, but it is most common in older men with enlarged prostate glands.
Urinary hesitancy usually comes on gradually. It sometimes goes unnoticed until urinary retention (complete inability to urinate) produces distention and discomfort in the bladder.
Almost all older men have some degree of difficulty in starting urination, dribbling, or decreased force of the urinary stream.
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• Urine Culture - Catheterized Specimen
• Voiding Cystourethrogram
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Review Date : 10/21/2003
Reviewed By : Jacqueline A. Hart, M.D., Department of Internal Medicine, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Boston, Ma., and Senior Medical Editor, A.D.A.M., Inc. Previously reviewed by David R. Knowles M.D., Department of Urology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia Campus, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network (11/05/2001).
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