Male Urge Incontinence

Male Bladder Problems: Practicing Good Bladder Health Is The Key To Warding Off Bladder Infections and Diseases

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Male Bladder Problems: Practicing Good Bladder Health Just Makes Good Sense

The male bladder sits just above the prostate gland in front of the rectum on the pelvic floor. It is part of the male urinary system and plays a key role in the storage of urine. Urine is produced in the kidneys; the kidneys cleanse the blood of waste, excess water and other impurities and turn it into urine. The urine is sent to the bladder for storage via two ureter tubes that connects each kidney to the bladder.

The bladder will act as a holding tank for the urine; once the bladder is full it will signal the brain through a nerve that it is at capacity; the brain in return will send a nerve signal back to the bladder–the detrusor muscle in particular to empty itself of all content or urine.

The detrusor muscle will squeeze spastically to remove all of its content, and the urine will flow from the bladder through the urethra that extends through the male sexual organ and out the body. This is ordinarily a smooth operation that works efficiently and effectively throughout a man’s lifetime.

However, the male urinary system is always under the threat of bacterial attacks that seek to gain entrance through the lower urinary tract (LUT) or any other way it can. Urinary tract infections can wreck havoc on the male urinary system. Bacteria can form colonies that when left unchecked can literally destroy the urinary system and ultimately could prove fatal. Bacterium like Escherichia coli or e coli is responsible for over 80% of all bacterial infections found in the male urinary tract. In most cases Escherichia coli or e coli can be treated with antibiotics if caught in time; however, if the bacterium is left untreated for a substantial amount of time it could do irreversible damage to individual organs as well as the entire urinary system. Timely treatments play a very important role in eliminating Escherichia coli or e coli before it does wide spread damage.

The kidneys along with the ureter tubes make up the upper tract of the male urinary system. It is quite common for bacteria infections to gain entrance through the urethra and attack the prostate as well as the urethra and travel up to the bladder. The bladder is also capable of becoming infected by the urine that is sent down by the kidneys through the ureter tubes. The waste that the kidneys turn into urine is often contaminated with bacteria; this bacteria in turn is sent to the bladder via the ureter tubes. The bladder can become a holding station for not only urine but bacteria as well.
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