Cystometry: What Affects The Test
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What Affects the Test
Reasons you may not be able to have the test or why the results may not be helpful include:
- Having a urinary tract infection (UTI). Cystometry should not be done if you have a UTI.
- Straining when urinating.
- Not being able to urinate while sitting or lying down.
- Not being able to urinate in front of other people.
- Taking medicines, such as antihistamines and cough and cold medicines, that interfere with your bladder function.
- Having surgery for a spinal cord injury within 6 to 8 weeks before this test.
| Last updated: | July 08, 2008 |
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| Author: | Monica Rhodes |
| Reviewed By: | E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine, Avery L. Seifert, MD - Urology |
| Editors: | Kathleen M. Ariss, MS, Tracy Landauer |
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