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Urinary Tract Problems

Urinary tract problems can take various forms and are often the result of some psychological pain syndrome. Urinary disorders can affect men and women and might really influence a person’s general health, activity level and self image. Medical science can usually treat the symptoms of the urinary concern, but can do nothing to cure the underlying psychological cause. Of course, this creates the perfect circumstances for a substitute pain syndrome to take the place of the treated urinary dysfunction.

Types of Urinary Tract Problems

There are many manifestations of psychological urinary tract dysfunction:

* Frequent Urination can cause a patient to lose quality sleep time or live a restricted lifestyle. Many patients develop a fear of unknown places, since they require a bathroom frequently. This fear increases the need to urinate and perpetuates the condition.

* Incontinence is more common in women than men. This condition can be physical or psychological, but once again, fear often brings on an attack and perpetuates the condition.

* Frequent Urinary Tract Infections are common in some women. This type of urinary disorder is linked to immune system function, which is a common psychosomatic target.

* Inability to Urinate / Shy Bladder is a psychological condition that prevents urination despite need. This condition is usually more active in social situations, such as public bathrooms.

* Prostatitis is almost always a psychological pain syndrome. An enlarged prostate can cause pain and urinary dysfunction, despite no physical cause for the problem.

Treatment of Urinary Tract Problems

As with almost ALL psychological pain conditions, neither the patient, nor the doctor, have any suspicion of the true psychological causation of the problem. This misdiagnosis leads to a regimen of unsuccessful treatments and a recurring condition. Even when treatment is successful, the underlying psychological cause remains and often takes the opportunity to create a new pain condition.

Usual treatment for most urinary tract disorders involves pharmaceutical therapy or minor surgery. It is a shame to risk any side effects since knowledge therapy can usually cure these conditions with no medical treatment whatsoever.

Recommendation on Urinary Tract Problems

Experience working with many back pain patients has taught me that urinary tract disorders are very common. Some patients even had urinary dysfunction directly related to their back pain, despite having no medical diagnosis to support a physical link. These were the first cases that really proved to me that urinary tract disorders are another facet of the epidemic of psychological pain syndromes. If you are experiencing urinary tract disorders, as well as other psychological symptoms, be rest assured that they are most likely connected. Allow knowledge therapy to have a shot at curing all your pain. It is certainly a better option than running the gamut of unsuccessful medical treatments for a psychological problem.

Urinary Tract Problems to Back Pain Home 1/25/07 Revised 10/3/09