Urogynecology is a medical sub-specialty related to the treatment of the female urinary system. Thus, it involves professionals specialized in urology or gynecology with the purpose of treating urinary incontinence and genital prolapse, for example.
Urogynecology is also one of the specialties of physiotherapy, aiming at the prevention and rehabilitation of problems related to the vagina, pelvic floor, rectum and others.
What can be treated by the uroginecologist?
Situations involving the female urinary system can be identified and treated by the urogynecologist, such as:
- Urinary system infections, such as cystitis;
- Fallen uterus and bladder;
- Flaccidity of the vagina;
- Pelvic pain during intimate contact;
- Vulvodynia, which is characterized by pain, irritation or redness in the genital area - learn more about vulvodynia;
- Genital prolapse;
In addition, the urogynecologist can treat fecal and urinary incontinence, which can be treated by a physiotherapist through exercise. Here's how to do the exercises for urinary incontinence.
When to go to the uroginecologist
When the general practitioner identifies any disease related to the female urinary system, it is important that the patient is referred to the urogynecological physiotherapy or to a gynecologist or urologist whose sub specialty is urogynecology. However, this does not prevent the patient herself from going directly to the urogynecologist at the first sensed symptoms.
The uroginecologist determines the treatment by means of the evaluation of the results of several exams, such as laboratory, imaging, X-ray, resonance and ultrasonography, urodynamics and cystoscopy, which is an endoscope examination that aims to observe the urinary tract such as urethra and bladder.
