peeing
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peeing
hi I'm a 53 year old male for about the last month I get the feeling to go for a pee but when I go nothing happens not even a trickle some times I just give up this is embarrassing especially when I'm out at a pub in the toilet's everyone coming in and going straight away and am just standing there waiting to go trying to force myself so I don't get weird looks but nothing at home it's not to bad as I find if I run the tap and think about peeing that normally helps could this be the start of something serious with my bladder please help doing my head in thanks keith
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Re: peeing
Dear Keith,
I couldn't say if it is anything serious, but it is common. It sounds like you need to be seen by a Urologist for investigation. However there are all sorts of reasons for a change in your peeing. The first thing I would suggest is for you to have a look at how you drink your fluid, what kinds of fluids you are drinking and how much fluid you drink. If you are drinking about 2L of fluid (not tea/coffee/fizzy fluid or alcohol) spread evenly across your day and your symptoms don't change, ask your GP to refer you to a Urologist and they will carry out blood & urine tests, a flow rate & residual and possibly a flexible cystoscopy to get to the bottom of what is going on. The change in how you drink shoud help also, when you are in the pub the problems you are having will be magnified because the alcohol will be drying you out. Please have it checked out.
I couldn't say if it is anything serious, but it is common. It sounds like you need to be seen by a Urologist for investigation. However there are all sorts of reasons for a change in your peeing. The first thing I would suggest is for you to have a look at how you drink your fluid, what kinds of fluids you are drinking and how much fluid you drink. If you are drinking about 2L of fluid (not tea/coffee/fizzy fluid or alcohol) spread evenly across your day and your symptoms don't change, ask your GP to refer you to a Urologist and they will carry out blood & urine tests, a flow rate & residual and possibly a flexible cystoscopy to get to the bottom of what is going on. The change in how you drink shoud help also, when you are in the pub the problems you are having will be magnified because the alcohol will be drying you out. Please have it checked out.