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UTI in Gynaecology
About the Author
Dr. Nishita Shah has completed her MBBS,
DNB, ICOG fellowship in Reproduc ve
Medicine (Mumbai). She is prac cing
Gynaecologist, with special interests in
Urogynaecology and Infer lity. She has
been the Youth Council Member in
Mumbai Obstetrics and Gynaecological
Society for over five years. Dr. Nishita works
as Consultant Obstetrician &
Gynaecologist at Opera House, Kemps
Corner, Colaba; Hospital A achments:
Bha a hospital, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital,
Surya Mother and Childcare Hospital,
Shan Nursing Home (Ghatkopar), Apollo
Spectra hospital, K. J. Somaiya Hospital. She
has five years of experience in prac ce, and
has won prizes and awards at Na onal and
Interna onal Conferences for various paper
and video presenta ons. Nishita has
authored and co-authored chapters in
different textbooks and publica ons in
journals.
Dr. Nishita Shah
Consultant Obstetrician
& Gynaecologist
incontinence is a worldwide problem and the burden is expected to grow with an ageing population with longer
life span and availability of better healthcare facilities. In women, pregnancy, childbirth, and menopause are
major reasons for increased prevalence of incontinence. Although Urinary Incontinence is not a life threatening
problem, it negatively affects the quality of life; may cause emotional problems like depression, anxiety, stress,
and embarrassment in public impacting their travel, exercises, and sexual activity as well. Thus it is an important
public health problem which needs to be addressed not just medically, but socially also. The common causes
which are postulated to precipitate urinary incontinence are genital prolapse (weakening of genital tissues
leading to their prolapse outside the vagina), type of childbirth, and longer duration of delivery, number of
children, urogenital infections, and injuries to the genital regions, genetics and menopause.
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