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My (72M) father was sent off for a number of urology tests, are these standard procedure?72M, 160 lb. He has had frequent urinary urgency for years now, untreated. Recently has gotten much worse, and the need to urinate has been waking him up 5+ times each night. When he does urinate, he has trouble emptying his bladder.I scheduled an appointment for him with a urologist and the urologist prescribed Flomax to him. This was today. The urologist sent off for a number of tests:PSACreatinineUrinalysisAlso, these procedures:Transurethral cystoscopyRenal ultrasound and ultrasound of the urinary tractI'm wondering about the cystoscopy - as this is what my father is most fearful of. I spoke with the urologist and he said this is to see if there are issues that need to be addressed by surgery that the Flomax can't help cure. I'm still not sure what this is done for and if this is standard procedure? Would it be better to just see how he responds to the Flomax and perform the procedure if he doesn't? Or is there value in doing this anyways?
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Flomax was given as due to the likelihood of benign prostatic hyperplasia, and pretty much every guy has an already enlarging prostate when they're above 60 anyway.The cystoscopy is to look into the urinary bladder for any issues that may not be due to the prostate (prostate would still be the number one source of problems in this age group regardless). All these tests should cover all the bases for the probable urinary tract issues for his age.
Constant 9/10 flank pain Female 31Hello fellow people of reddit. I hope you are all doing better than I am currently.Overview: I had my first set of kidney stones in may of 2022. I had another set in July of 2022. In December of 2022 I started having constant pain in my flanks. Ive been to the emergency room several times since then. Ive seen urology, Ive seen my pcp, Ive seen the pain clinic, Ive seen a nephrologist. I have bloods done frequently as well as UAs. Ive been ignored and sent home every time when I seek help. Otc meds dont work and the narcotics just make me sick. I feel like Im going insane. Im Im so much pain on a constant basis. My mental health is starting to tank because of this. Any advice would be appreciated.I do have hypercalcemia, and hyperparathyroidism, and my nephrologist believes I could also have necrosis in my kidneys.I am 31, obese, 5 foot 3 inches tall. I have never smoked, dont drink, dont do drugs other than weed in gummy form every now and then.Current Meds are:Concerta, Propranolol, Losartian, Amlodipine, Nebulizer, Quvar, Alb inhalerHere are my most recent labs.UA:https://gyazo.com/d5f6f1fc96058f29dd17ea6d2e3126f9https://gyazo.com/fca06118e1b739c171942f1b3050492fCBC with Auto Differential:https://gyazo.com/940243c0ec3bb61963388832f51c2bd0CMP:https://gyazo.com/2586ac67b7574917dcb76db00ddf78ae
The fact there is calcium oxalate in your urine, plus blood +++ indicates there may be a stone in the process of breaking up, and this is what is causing the pain for you (especially if you have a history of kidney stones). Looks like a slight UTI too, which isn't going to help.