Coping with Urinary and Sexual Complications of Diabetes<\/b><\/p>\n
How does Diabetes affect your kidneys, bladder, and the prostate in men?<\/p>\n
As you know kidney damage by diabetes is a major concern – that’s one of the major reasons why cardiologist and primary care physicians are paranoid about sugar levels, blood pressure and cholesterol.<\/p>\n
About 10% of people get a kidney stone<\/b> over their lifetime. Diabetic patients are at increased risk for kidney stones. Diabetics are also at increased risk of complications once they form a stone.<\/p>\n
Once you formed a stone, there is a 50% chance you’ll get another one.\u00a0 It’s important to make sure that\u00a0 we check for and address all risk factors for stone formation if you had a kidney stone.\u00a0 Stones tend to worsen kidney function over time.\u00a0 They can also predispose to infections<\/b>,\u00a0 as can diabetes.\u00a0 In general drinking a lot is helpful; weight loss is helpful as well.\u00a0 Once we do appropriate studies we often recommend dietary changes as well.<\/p>\n
Diabetes can also affect NERVES<\/b> to the BLADDER<\/b> in both men and women.\u00a0 This can cause difficulty with emptying bladder, infections and sometimes bladder stones.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Some people need to use a catheter; for some people one of the newer treatments called Neurostimulation can reset the battery to their bladder.<\/p>\n
Diabetics are more likely to get bladder infections.\u00a0 The reasons in men and women are different and so are the treatments.\u00a0\u00a0 Good control of blood sugar levels can decrease the chances of getting infections.<\/p>\n