Question 1

urinary bladder is distended, what to do?

Accepted Answer

Urinate to empty: See a urologist if you have urinary retention ; are unable to urinate.

Question 2

how to remove sludge from urinary bladder?

Accepted Answer

Urinate: Any sludge present will come out when you empty your bladder. Suggest you see a urologist if unable to empty bladder.

Question 3

what is a poorly distended urinary bladder?

Accepted Answer

Contracted bladder: Sometime bladder does not distend or fill to capacity related to scar tissue, infection, or neurologic issues. Sometimes chemotherapy , radiation therapy and other medications can contract the bladder with fibrosis. Certain kinds of surgery may interfere with bladder function. Sometimes early in life bladder does not develop to full capacity.

Question 4

what does a decompressed urinary bladder mean?

Accepted Answer

Bladder is empty: Or near empty. Either subject has urinated to empty bladder or is incontinent ; bladder is empty as result of urinary leakage. In summar: usually a normal finding!

Question 5

what exactly is the fuction of urinary bladder?

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Storage of urine: The urinary bladder is a organ made of muscle tissue and can expand when filling with urine made by the kidneys.Urien enters into it from tubes from the kidneys called ureters. The bladder stores urine and at some point when it is full and depending on different individuals, you get a sensation and have to empty your bladder , mostly when convenient !

Question 6

could you survive without your urinary bladder?

Accepted Answer

Yes,: Removing the whole bladder with pelvic regional lymph nodes and urinary diversion (called radical cystectomy with continent (neo-bladder) or non-continent (ileal conduit) diversion is the standard care for the patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer if they are appropriate surgical candidates.  If done timely and successfully, they will survive well. Detail? Ask urology surgeon! Best wish...

Question 7

what does distented urinary bladder of feutus mean?

Accepted Answer

Can be normal: Or else might signify bladder ouflow obstrution, neurogenic bladder disfuction or very rarely prune belly syndrome. Suggest you consult a pediatric urologist who will be experienced in prenatal urologic counselling.

Question 8

what is meant by partially distended urinary bladder?

Accepted Answer

Just what it: sounds like...the bladder is neither completely empty nor completely full of urine.  This is normal.

Question 9

can it be possible for you to live without your urinary bladder?

Accepted Answer

Yes, you can ...: Yes, you can live without urinary bladder. In fact, many men/women have lived well after their urinary bladder removed usually for bladder cancer or rarely for others. More detail? Ask your treating doc timely.

Question 10

what does urinary bladder not well distended appears grossly normal mean?

Accepted Answer

Was this on: an ultrasound report?  It means that the bladder was not fully distended with urine(the optimal way to evaluate the bladder is when it is full), but looks normal.

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