Overactive Bladder, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions

The Overactive Bladder is defined as urgency to pass urine with or without urge incontinence and usually with frequency and nocturia.
Overactive bladder is a medical disorder in which the bladder squeezes urine out at the wrong time.
An overactive bladder is present if you have two or more of the following symptoms:

1. Urinate eight or more times a day or two or more times at night
2. Have the sudden, strong urge to urinate immediately
3. Leak urine during a sudden, strong urination urge
4. Have incontinence which is the loss of bladder control.
   OAB maybe categorized into 2 forms:
5. OAB wet is OAB with incontinence.
6. OAB dry is OAB without incontinence.
   OAB symptoms are more common in females than in males.
   The possible causes of OAB are:
7. Weak bladder outlet sphincter
8. Weak Pelvic Floor muscles
   Other causes:
9. Uterovaginal prolapse
10. Urinary infections
11. Prostate enlargement in men
12. Nerve problems or too much caffeine or too much fluid can also cause it
    Symptoms are an urgent sensation to go to the toilet, frequently going to the toilet, and sometimes leaking urine before you reach the toilet (urge incontinence).
13. Frequency of urine
    This is frequent going to the toilet, more than seven times a day.
14. Urgency of urine
    This means that you may feel an urgent urge to pass urine.
    There is inability to delay going to the toilet.
15. Nocturia
    This means getting up to go to the toilet more than once at night.
16. Anxiety and depression
    This is a leakage of urine even before reaching the toilet when you have a feeling of urgency.
    Diagnosis is based on these symptoms and:
    Urine tests
    Measurements of post-voidal residual urine in the bladder
    Urodynamic tests
    Ultrasound of bladder
    MRI of bladder
    Cystoscopy
    Treatment is by:
    Removal of urinary irritant such as caffiene, alcohol
    Physiotherapy such as pelvic floor muscle exercises
    Bladder training for at least 6 weeks
    Medicines such as anticholinergics, Desmopressin and the newer Mirabegon
    Injection of bladder neck with Botox
    Sacral nerve stimulation, Bladder diversion or Augmentation cystoplasty to strengthen the bladder

TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction
Chapter 1 Overactive Bladder
Chapter 2 Causes
Chapter 3 Symptoms
Chapter 4 Diagnosis
Chapter 5 Treatment
Chapter 6 Prognosis
Chapter 7 Urinary Incontinence
Chapter 8 Benign Prostate Hypertrophy
Epilogue

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