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Thickening of the bladder wall can indicate a variety of conditions, including inflammation, infection (such as cystitis), bladder stones, or tumors. It may also be associated with chronic conditions like interstitial cystitis or bladder outlet obstruction. Further evaluation through imaging studies or cystoscopy is often necessary to determine the underlying cause and appropriate treatment.
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What is bladder wall thickening?
Bladder wall thickening is exactly what it sounds like. The wall of your bladder is thickening if you have bladder wall thickening.
What does thickening of the bladder mean?
The wall of the urinary bladder should not be > 3 mm thick when distended and not > 5 mm thick when decompressed. The thickened wall could be due to the edema (swelling) of the wall which can happen due to the inflammation(cystitis) or the thickening could be due to the deposition of urinary sediments on the walls of the bladder. These are the 2 commonest causes. Bladder cancer is another cause. Generally if you are diagnosed with thickening of the bladder you will be sent to a urologist and have a cystoscopy performed.
When the bladder fills with liquid stretch receptors are activated?
Stretch receptors in the bladder wall are activated when the bladder fills with urine or liquid. These receptors signal the brain to indicate the fullness of the bladder, triggering the urge to urinate.
What is activated as urine accumulates in that bladder?
As urine accumulates in the bladder, stretch receptors in the bladder wall are activated. These receptors send signals to the brain to indicate that the bladder is full and needs to be emptied. This activates the urge to urinate.
What does this mean bladder wall?
The bladder wall is the outside of the bladder, the organ that stores urine.
What is helical thickening?
Helical thickening, also known as spiral thickening, is a form of sculpturing. Helical thickenings are part of the S3 layer of the secondary wall.
What muscle lines the bladder wall?
The main muscle in the bladder is called the Detrusor muscle (which is a smooth muscle). it is circular.
Which condition occurs when the detrusor muscle in the wall of the bladder is too active?
Overactive bladder
What cells are found in the walls of the bladder?
Epithelial cells are the most common cells of the bladder wall.
What is the thickening of the inner wall of an artery called?
Arteriosclerosis is the medical term meaning progressive thickening of the inner walls of arteries.
What is The surgical fixation of the bladder to abdominal wall?
Hepatoplasty?
What is an anta?
An anta is a kind of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster.
