What are the symptoms of an Overactive Bladder?

As the symptoms of Overactive Bladder, you might experience the following:

• A sudden urge to urinate thats difficult to control
• An unintentional loss of urine immediately after an urgent need to urinate
• Urinate frequently, usually 8 or more times in 24 hours
• Waking up more than twice to urinate

Why is Overactive Bladder caused?

The following are the causes of Overactive Bladder:

• The muscles of the bladder start to contract involuntarily even when the volume of urine in the bladder is low.

• Neurological disorders such as stroke and multiple sclerosis

• Diabetes

• Urinary tract infections

• Hormonal changes during menopause in women

• Abnormalities in the bladder such as tumors  or bladder stones

• Factors that obstruct bladder outflow  enlarged prostate, constipation or previous operations to treat other forms of incontinence

• Medications that cause a rapid increase in urine production or require lots of fluids

• Declining cognitive function due to aging making it difficult for the bladder to understand the signals it receives from the brain

• Incomplete bladder emptying

How can the Overactive Bladder be treated?

There are a number of things that can be done as the treatment of the Overactive Bladder. Firstly, some of the lifestyle changes may work, like:

• Maintaining a healthy weight

• Regular physical activity and exercise

• Limited consumption of caffeine and alcohol

• No smoking

Secondly, Overactive Bladder medication and surgical treatments like Bladder Botox treatment, nerve stimulation, etc. can be deployed by your doctor to let you be free of the irritated bladder.

For more info on what Overactive Bladder is and how it can be treated, get in touch with the expert urologists in Panipat at Park Hospital Panipat via 7027898989.