Prune Belly Syndrome - Symptoms

Symptoms

  • A partial or complete lack of abdominal muscles. There may be wrinkly folds of skin covering the abdomen.
  • Undescended testicles in males
  • Urinary tract abnormality such as unusually large ureters, distended bladder, accumulation and backflow of urine from the bladder to the ureters and the kidneys
  • Frequent urinary tract infections due to the inability to properly expel urine.
  • Later in life, a common symptom is post-ejaculatory discomfort. Most likely a bladder spasm, it lasts about two hours.

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