The urologist is the specialist who diagnoses and treats diseases of the kidneys and urinary system in men and women (kidneys, ureters, bladder, urethra) and of the male reproductive system (testicles, epididymis, vas deferens, seminal vesicles, prostate and penis).
Problems such as urinary incontinence, sexual dysfunction and male infertility are all part of this medical specialty.
When should you see a urologist?
When any of the following symptoms appear:
- frequent, painful urination,
- lower back or pelvic pain
- urine that looks different (for example cloudy or reddish).
- A urology consultation is also essential if you notice temporary or chronic sexual dysfunction.
- When you suspect a sexually transmitted disease or have discomfort caused by sexually transmitted infections.
- As prevention against prostate tumors, or to tell benign from malignant ones using ultrasound and laboratory methods (tumor markers).
- Bedwetting in children (involuntary loss of urine at night)
Services offered:
- Specialist consultations
- Circumcision
- Urogenital smear
- Cryodestruction of condylomas
- Foreskin retraction
- Frenuloplasty of the foreskin