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Health
The importance of keeping your
urinary system healthy
If you pay a little attention to what your body is telling you, mainitaining
good health of your urinary system is not difficult, writes Dr Nandini Saini
The urinary tract is one of the systems of expel wastes efficiently.
the body we take for granted, not giving However, anything that affects any of these
a second thought to the entire process. It organs and causes a break in this chain can
just works in the background, ridding the cause urinary diseases.
body of impurities, keep it healthy. Any The term urinary diseases describe a wide
disruption in the system, however, can variety of conditions related to filtering and
result in a multitude of health issues for an also carrying urine out of the body.
individual. Urinary diseases can affect men, women,
The urinary tract consists of the kidneys, and children of every age. Urinary diseases
ureters, bladder and urethra. Your kidneys affect specific parts of the body. In females
filter your blood, creating urine, which they involve the urinary tract, in men; it
travels through the ureters to the bladder, affects the reproductive organs as well.
where it is stored. When the appropriate Here are some common types of urinary
time comes, the muscles of your bladder diseases.
contract and urine is excreted from your Incontinence
body through your urethra. Sudden loss of control over the bladder,
The body uses this urinary system in causing accidental urine leakage.
general and the urinary tract, in particular, Types
to get rid of the bodily wastes and extra Transient: A short episode of loss of
fluids. When all the parts of the urinary bladder control, could be due to medication,
system are all working in perfect order, age urinary infection or even pregnancy
normal urination occurs and the body can (the uterus exerts pressure on the bladder).
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