{"id":176,"date":"2017-01-24T16:56:26","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T21:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shipley\/?page_id=176"},"modified":"2017-05-16T12:06:58","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T16:06:58","slug":"urinary-side-effects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shipley\/prostate-cancer-treatment\/managing-side-effects\/urinary-side-effects\/","title":{"rendered":"Urinary Side Effects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The urethra, which carries urine from the bladder through the penis, runs through the center of the <a href=\"prostate-101\/about-the-prostate\">prostate gland<\/a>. As a result, prostate cancer and treatment for it could cause changes in urinary function. The problems vary, with different problems resulting from different treatments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Urinary incontinence:<\/strong> Urinary incontinence is the inability to control or hold urine, and an increased urgency to urinate. The problem arises when the urethra is damaged, which can happen during surgery or radiation. For instance, the urethra must be cut to remove the prostate and then reconnected. Urinary incontinence caused by surgery may go away after about a year. Cryotherapy (cold therapy), radiation, brachytherapy (radiation with implanted seeds), and HIFU (heat therapy) may also cause urinary incontinence because they destroy prostate tissue from within and may damage the urethra.<\/p>\n<p>Urinary incontinence can be managed with the use of pads. In some cases, additional surgery to correct the urethra may be necessary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Urinary pain\/blood in the urine:<\/strong> Radiotherapy applied to the prostate and surrounding regions, may cause painful urination or blood in the urine. Urination could also be difficult or frequent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The urethra, which carries urine from the bladder through the penis, runs through the center of the prostate gland. As [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10977,"featured_media":0,"parent":172,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shipley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/176"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shipley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shipley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shipley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10977"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shipley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shipley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1215,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shipley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/176\/revisions\/1215"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shipley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shipley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}