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  2. Hematuria - Wikipedia

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    Acute clot retention is one of three emergencies that can occur with hematuria. [17] The other two are anemia and shock. [17] Blood clots can prevent urine outflow through either ureter or the bladder. [17] This is known as acute urinary retention. Blood clots that remain in the bladder are digested by urinary urokinase producing fibrin ...

  3. Hemorrhagic cystitis - Wikipedia

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    Bladder outlet obstruction from clots can lead to urosepsis, bladder rupture, and kidney failure. Clot evacuation can be performed by placing a wide-lumen bladder catheter at bedside. The bladder can be irrigated with water or sodium chloride solution. The use of water is preferable because water can help with clot lysis.

  4. Perineal hernia - Wikipedia

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    Perineal hernia is a hernia involving the perineum (pelvic floor).The hernia may contain fluid, fat, any part of the intestine, the rectum, or the bladder.It is known to occur in humans, dogs, and other mammals, and often appears as a sudden swelling to one side (sometimes both sides) of the anus.

  5. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    of or pertaining to the veins, venous blood, and the vascular system: Latin vēna, blood-vessel, vein venule, venospasm: ventr(o)-of or pertaining to the belly, the stomach cavities Latin venter, belly, stomach, womb ventrodorsal: ventricul(o)-of or pertaining to the ventricles; any hollow region inside an organ

  6. Urethra - Wikipedia

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    The urethra (pl.: urethras or urethrae) is the tube that connects the urinary bladder to the urinary meatus, [1] [2] through which placental mammals urinate and ejaculate. [3] In non-mammalian vertebrates, the urethra also transports semen but is separate from the urinary tract.

  7. Urinary retention - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] Diagnosis is typically based on measuring the amount of urine in the bladder after urinating. [1] Treatment is typically with a catheter either through the urethra or lower abdomen. [1] [3] Other treatments may include medication to decrease the size of the prostate, urethral dilation, a urethral stent, or surgery. [1]

  8. Choking emergency? How to do the Heimlich maneuver - AOL

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    Next, thrust in an inward and upward motion on the diaphragm. This will force air out of the lungs and remove the blockage. Repeat these abdominal thrusts up to five times, the doctor advised.

  9. Urinary bladder disease - Wikipedia

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    Urinary bladder disease includes urinary bladder inflammation such as cystitis, bladder rupture and bladder obstruction (tamponade).Cystitis is common, sometimes referred to as urinary tract infection (UTI) caused by bacteria, bladder rupture occurs when the bladder is overfilled and not emptied while bladder tamponade is a result of blood clot formation near the bladder outlet.