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What is the definition or description of: urgency?
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Requires attention: Urgency refers to 1) conditions leading to a strong physiological sensation such as the urgency to pee, and 2) a doctor term describing a condition which needs treatment soon but is not a true emergency requiring immediate attention.
Answered 4/7/2016
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Urgency : A feeling of needing to go either #1 (micturition) or #2 (defecation) excessive parasympathetic tone can increase urgency. The medications used for irritable bladder are effective because these drugs decrease parasympathetic tone. Atropine is used for diarrhea, it too decreases parasympathetic tone.
Answered 6/24/2014
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