It is common for women to get urinary infections, and even a quickly treated episode of cystitis can upset the bladder for a few weeks afterwards. More than two or three infections a year is viewed as ‘recurrent’ infections. If you are getting lots of infections then some simple tests can exclude any underlying abnormalities that are making them occur more often.
An ultrasound of your kidneys and full and empty bladder can look for kidney stones or a poorly emptying bladder. An xray of the abdomen and a telescope examination of the bladder are sometimes also needed. In many cases no abnormalities are found and attention can turn to strategies to prevent infections. These include lifestyle changes, and low dose or self start antibiotics.
Ramsay Hospital offers Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate or HoLEP. It is a form of laser used to remove blocking tissue from the prostate gland in patients with prostatic symptoms
TURP (Transurethral Resection of the Prostate) is prostate surgery to remove part of a man’s enlarged prostate gland. At Ramsay Health Care UK we frequently perform TURP surgery for the treatment of and enlarged prostate causing lower urinary tract symptoms.
Will Quince, Conservative MP for Colchester and former Minister of State for Health recently visited Oaks Hospital in Colchester to see how Ramsay Health Care UK is delivering high quality healthcare for local patients.
On Tuesday 30th August Oaks Hospital hosted the official opening of its brand new SACT (Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy) unit, which offers oncology services to patients for a range of specialty areas including skin, gynaecology, urology and breast cancers in the local area.
Oaks Hospital is celebrating after being named as a National Joint Registry (NJR) Quality Data Provider after successfully completing a national programme of local data audits.