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<section begin="urology" />'''Lower urinary tract symptoms''' (LUTS) refers to symptoms related to the act of urination. They include voiding symptoms and storage symptoms. LUTS are classically caused by [[benign prostatic hyperplasia]]. Treatment of the underlying cause alleviates the symptoms.

== Etiology ==

* [[BPH]] (most common)
* Lower [[urinary tract infection]]

== Clinical features ==
We distinguish two types of LUTS, voiding symptoms (also called obstructive symptoms), and storage symptoms (also called irritative symptoms).

* Storage/irritative symptoms – symptoms related to abnormal bladder function
** Urinary frequency – more than 8x a day
** Urinary urgency – strong feeling of needing to void
** Nocturia = the need to wake up multiple times in the night to urinate
*** Heart failure
** Urinary incontinence
* Voiding/obstructive symptoms – symptoms related to abnormal voiding
** Hesitancy – delayed initiation of micturition
** Need for straining to urinate – patient must contract abdominal muscle to urinate
** Intermittent, not continuous, urine stream
** Terminal dribbling of urine
** Sensation of incomplete voiding<section end="urology" />
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