Fill in the blanks with the correct medical term.
Jane has been experiencing (1) _________________________, or pain and burning when she voids. She has come to the doctor today to seek some help. The presence of bacteria in the urine is a sign of a(n) (2) ________________________, and is called (3) ________________________ . The (4) ________________________ will check for (5) ________________________ , or blood in the urine, and (6) ________________________, or pus in the urine. The doctor will perform a(n) (7) ________________________ to determine the cause of Jane’s problem. If he discovers albumin in the urine, a condition known as (8) ________________________, he will recognize this symptom as a sign of abnormal renal filtration.
Jane has a history of periodic (9) ________________________, or the involuntary release of urine. She believes that this problem is really (10) ________________________, because it only happens when she sneezes or coughs. She has never had any other problems with her urinary system except when she was pregnant and had to have a(n) (11) ________________________ placed in her bladder during labor to help drain the urine out.
Joe has also come to the doctor today. He has been experiencing problems passing his urine. The inability to pass urine is a sign of a blockage of the urinary tract, or perhaps of kidney failure. It is called (12) ________________________. Joe knows that he has an enlarged (13) ________________________ and wonders if this is what is causing his problem. Joe also has the need to urinate at night, called (14) , which is a sign of (15) . Joe might have a(n) (16) ________________________ of some kind, causing an abnormal narrowing. A(n) (17) ________________________ is one in which the ureter is narrowed, and a(n) (18) ________________________ is one in which the urethra is narrowed.
Joe knows there is a history of kidney cancer in his family. His mother has a(n)
(19) ________________________, or a cancer arising from kidney tissue. He has gone with her many times to the doctor for tests and treatment for her recurring (20) ________________________, or kidney stones. She now has (21) ________________________, or enlarged kidneys.
Both Jane and Joe are taking the right steps toward maintaining their urinary health. By doing so, they hope to avoid problems in the future like (22) ________________________, or waste products in the blood; (23) ________________________, or inflammation of a kidney; (24) ________________________, or inflammation of the bladder; (25) ________________________, or backup of urine into the kidney, causing kidney damage; and (26) ________________________.
(1) dysuria
(2) urinary tract
(3) bacteriuria
(4) urologist
(5) hematuria
(6) pyuria
(7) urinalysis
(8) albuminuria
(9) incontinence,
(10) stress incontinence
(11) urinary catheter
(12) anuria
(13) prostate
(14) nocturia
(15) benign prostate hyperplasia, or BPH
(16) stricture
(18) urethral stricture
(19) nephroma,
(20) nephrolithiasis
(21) nephromegaly
(22) azotemia
(23) nephritis
(24) cystitis
(25) hydronephrosi
(26) acute renal failure.
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