lower urinary tract symptoms

symptoms occuring during urine storage, voiding, or immediately after. These include FREQUENCY , URGENCY , NOCTURIA , INCONTINENCE , HESITATION , INTERMITTENCY , TERMINAL DRIBBLE , DYSURIA , and POSTMICTURITION DRIBBLE . These symptoms used to be known as prostatism. Sometimes they are due to benign prostatic hyperplasia ( see PROSTATE GLAND ), but they may be due to DETRUSOR overactivity, excessive drinking, diuresis due to poorly controlled diabetes, or a urethral stricture.