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A tiny camera tours your bladder so your doctor doesn't have to guess.
means A medical procedure in which a thin, lighted scope is threaded through the urethra into the bladder so a doctor can see inside directly.
from Built from Greek parts: 'kystis' meaning bladder (or sac), and '-skopia,' meaning 'to look at or examine,' from 'skopein,' to watch or observe — the same root giving us telescope and microscope. So, quite literally, it means 'bladder-looking,' coined in the 19th century as doctors began inventing instruments to peer into the body's hidden passages rather than infer what was happening inside them.
- the tool
- thin scope through the urethra, no incisions needed
- the point
- spots tumors, stones, and infections hiding inside
- the sting
- local anesthetic gel makes it bearable, not pleasant
- the aftermath
- mild burning when peeing for a day or two