What Is A Cystoscopy?

Cystoscopy is a procedure by which a physician can visually examine the inside of the urethra and the urinary bladder. The cystoscope is a thin lighted telescope that is passed in to your body to view the interior of the bladder; it also has thin channels on its sides by which instruments can be passed into the bladder for biopsy procedures.

The doctor will usually prescribe medications for you to take prior to the cystoscopy procedure to prevent infections and you can have local, general or spinal anesthesia depending on the depth of the cystoscopy procedure. You will also have to empty your bladder before the procedure and the urologist may fill your bladder with saline to get a better picture. Most routine cystoscopy procedures take about ten minutes but if the urologist wishes to do a biopsy then the procedure time may increase. The urologist can do a wide range of treatment procedures during cystoscopy like a transurethral resection of the prostate, removal of a urinary stones, bladder tumor resections, and cauterizations. Patients who were treated under local anesthetic are sent home the same day. But if more invasive procedures are carried out, then the patient is admitted for two days for observation. There is minimal discomfort after a cystoscopy procedure but please do inform your doctor immediately if you are experiencing severe pain, bleeding and fever.

Autistic symptoms in toddlers: How do you recognize them?

Did you know that Autism affects millions of children in the world? It’s extremely difficult to recognize autistic symptoms in toddlers for the simple reason that toddlers are really difficult to diagnose. Most cases of autism are recognized during the year’s two to three which are peak vaccination periods. In fact quite a few parents blame the vaccinations for the autistic symptoms in toddlers, but it isn’t so.

A very typical diagnostic test doctors use to diagnose Autism is by taking a detailed medical questionnaire like.

• Do you feel that your child is developmentally delayed in some areas as compared with other children of a comparable age group? Typical autistic symptoms in toddlers’ include unusual behavior like uncontrollable tantrums, and self injury. Continuous engagement in one particular activity like hand flapping, odd noises, and toe walking can all be considered as typical autistic symptoms in toddlers.

• Researchers have also found a typical range of behavior which can signify autistic symptoms in toddlers ranging from unusual attachment to toys, inability to follow pointing gestures, lack of empathy for others and total absence of pointing gestures.

• A few more common autistic symptoms in toddlers are the child’s insensitivity to pain, and difficulty for others to stimulate them to do important tasks. Lack of speech and difficulty in expressing needs as well as a difficulty in understanding command with deafness in certain situations.

• The child’s socialization skill is also impaired with loneliness and an inability to make friends friends.

I hope this article has given you a fair idea of autistic symptoms in toddlers. It’s a good idea to refer to the National Autistic Society to get a better idea of autism. The faster the disease is recognized, the better it can be treated, and the lesser the stress on the family.