Word: urethra
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...addition to explaining the collection of items on the table, Andelloux talked about basic anatomy, even bringing out a vulva puppet dubbed Veronica, complete with fabric clitoris and a rosette urethra...
After 11 years away, elderly writer (and Roth crypto-alter ego) Nathan Zuckerman returns to Manhattan to leer at young ladies, pursue a literary mystery and get his leaky urethra looked at. This is minor Roth--fencing listlessly with the Reaper, Zuckerman is occasionally gruffly touching but mostly just embarrassing. Let him die already...
During labor the pelvic-floor muscles are often torn or strained, and nearby nerves can be harmed. Neuromuscular damage can also affect the urethral sphincter, the tiny knot at the base of the bladder that controls flow through the urethra. A woman who had labored but then had a caesarean section is at a slightly lower risk than if she had given birth vaginally. But preliminary studies suggest that SUI is rare in women who underwent scheduled Csections and never entered labor. That finding may be a factor in the rising rate of elective Csections...
...irritants like caffeine, alcohol and cigarettes. If the patient's pelvic floor is weak, she will need to learn how to train her muscles with Kegel exercises--pelvic contractions that are commonly taught to prevent SUI after childbirth but that can also help restore control. Dr. Norton likens the urethra to a garden hose and the pelvic floor to the ground beneath it. When a cough comes along, it's like someone stepping on the hose. Having a strong platform beneath it--a sidewalk as opposed to a soggy lawn--stops the flow. Kegel contractions strengthen the platform but must...
Another approach gaining popularity is collagen or fat injections, administered under local anesthesia by a urologist, to plump up tissues around the urethra. The body tends to absorb collagen, so the shots must be repeated every year...