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Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS): Divided into storage, voiding, and post-micturition symptoms
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Symptoms: Subjective indicator of a disease or change in condition as perceived by the patient, caregiver, or partner
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Increased daytime frequency: Complaint by the patient who considers that he/she voids too often by day
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Nocturia: Complaint that the individual has to wake at night one or more times to void
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Urgency: Complaint of a sudden compelling desire to pass urine, which is difficult to defer
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Voiding symptoms: During the voiding phase include hesitancy, difficulty to void or inability to stop the void
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Signs: Observed by the physician including simple means to verify symptoms and quantify them
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Observations: Observed by the physician during urodynamic and clinical studies
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Urinary incontinence (UI): Complaint of any involuntary leakage of urine
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Stress urinary incontinence (SUI): Complaint of involuntary leakage on effort or exertion, or on sneezing or coughing
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Urge urinary incontinence (UUI): Complaint of involuntary leakage accompanied by or immediately preceded by urgency
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Overactive bladder syndrome: Complaint of urgency with or without urge incontinence, usually with frequency and nocturia.
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