Symptom of the Lower Urinary Track in Young People, an Inquisitive Etiology - Abstract
Objective: Describing the profile of people with lower urinary track symptoms and their causes in patients received for an urethrocystoscopy at Amirou Boubacar Diallo Hospital, in Niamey. Patients and methods: It’s a descriptive and prospective study conducted in the urology department of Amirou Boubacar Diallo Hospital, in Niamey/Nigeria during six months, from 1st November 2021 to 30th April 2022, involving 154 patients.
The studied variables are: age, sex, indication of urethrocystoscopy and the results obtained. Results : A group of 154 patients were gathered, among whom 123 men (79,87%) and 31 women (20,12%). The sex ratio was 3, 96. The respondents’ age varies between 16 and 80 years, with an average of 42, 43 years of age. Of 154 patients received for urethrocystoscopy, 40,9% were less than 40 years old and 62,98% were directly sent for lower urinary track symptoms and 22,72% for hematuria. Urinary bilhaziasis (12,98%), cervical sclerosis (10,38%) urethral stenosis (9,74%) were the main results obtained after urethrocystoscopy. Conclusion: Urethrocystoscopy is the foremost test in urology. Symptoms of the lower urinary track were the major indication; the proportion of bladder neck sclerosis mostly in young people, probably linked to an unwholesome lifestyle (excessive intake of stimulants, diet poor in fibers such as meat excessive intake, etc.) had particularly attracted our attention.