Urology is the medical specialty responsible for the proper functioning of the male and female urinary system. However, it is also devoted to the study, diagnosis and treatment of conditions of the male sexual apparatus. This specialty includes both the diagnosis of these pathologies and their clinical and surgical treatment.
In this way, the urologist, who is a urologist, is not only responsible for the diagnosis and treatment of urinary tract and male reproductive system pathologies. In fact, it is also responsible for preventing many of these diseases, some of which have a high prevalence in the population.
What Does a Urologist Do?
As a specialist in charge of urological conditions, the urologist studies different pathologies related to the correct functioning of various organs. These are generally as follows:
- Bladder
- Kidney
- adrenal gland
- Urethra
- Ureter
- pelvic floor
- Prostate
- Penis
- Testes
- seminal way
- epididymis
- Scrotum
A consultation with a urologist is a consultation for the examination, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of all these pathologies affecting the organs mentioned above. This means that within Urology there are certain sub-specialties such as:
Pediatric Urology: It is the department of Urology responsible for the diagnosis and treatment of male child urological conditions such as false descent of the testicles or vesicourethral reflux.
Female Urology: It is responsible for all pathologies related to the female urinary system, in which urinary incontinence and cystitis are prominent.
Urological Oncology: This subspecialty is responsible for the diagnosis and treatment of oncological pathologies affecting the urinary system and the male reproductive system. Although it can affect many organs, prostate cancer is the most common in this area.
Andrology: It is the department of Urology that is responsible for examining, treating and diagnosing all these disorders of male sexual life. Therefore, this sub-specialty is first and foremost about erectile dysfunction, ejaculation disorders, etc.
Urolithiasis: This part of urology is urinary stone disease i.e. in bladder, kidney etc. examines and treats problems related to the formation of urinary stones.
Endourology: This is the urological subspecialty that performs the surgical treatment of various diseases of the urinary system, for example, benign prostatic hyperplasia.
Diseases Treated by Urology
As we mentioned in the urological sub-branches, the diseases that urology treats are very diverse, but they can be summarized as follows:
- urinary tract infections
- incontinence
- urinary lithiasis
- pyelonephritis
- balanitis
- hematuria
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia
- Prostatitis
- urethritis
- nocturia
- Peyronie’s disease
- Sexually transmitted diseases
- Prostate cancer, penis, testis, urethra, bladder, etc. Urological cancers such as
- Male sexual dysfunctions
- ejaculation disorders
- Erectile dysfunction or impotence