Urinary Bladder Detrusor Dysfunction Symptoms in Lyme Disease
| Autor: | Peter O.O. Julu, Jean A. Monro, Michele C. Kingston, Basant K. Puri, Mussadiq Shah |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pathology Urology Urinary system Disease lcsh:RC870-923 urologic and male genital diseases Lyme disease Internal medicine medicine Urinary bladder business.industry lcsh:Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology medicine.disease Urinary function Control subjects female genital diseases and pregnancy complications LYME medicine.anatomical_structure Blood pressure Neurology Bladder function Original Article Neurology (clinical) business |
| Zdroj: | International Neurourology Journal International Neurourology Journal, Vol 17, Iss 3, Pp 127-129 (2013) |
| ISSN: | 2093-6931 2093-4777 |
| Popis: | Purpose Symptoms of urinary bladder detrusor dysfunction have been rarely reported in Lyme disease. The aim was to carry out the first systematic study to compare the prevalence of such symptoms in a group of Lyme disease patients and a group of matched controls. Methods A questionnaire relating to detrusor function was administered to 17 serologically positive Lyme disease patients and to 18 control subjects. Results The two groups were matched in respect of age, sex, body mass, and mean arterial blood pressure. None of the 35 subjects was taking medication which might affect urinary function and none had undergone a previous operative procedure on the lower urinary tract. Six of the Lyme patients (35%) and none of the controls (0%) had symptoms of detrusor dysfunction (P |
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