Can overactive bladder disease recur if cured?

Recurrence of overactive bladder disease may occur after cure, such as the reappearance of urinary frequency and urgency symptoms some time after stopping medication or physiotherapy, and is very common in clinical practice. First of all, we need to clarify the cause of the recurrence of symptoms, whether there are any or new triggers that can induce overactive bladder, such as psychosomatic factors, changes in women’s menopausal status, and other drug stimuli. If the symptoms recur, the original treatment can be repeated and the results are often very good when the triggers are removed, so patients do not need to worry too much. Treatment of overactive bladder includes bladder training, medication, and physical therapy with electrical stimulation, and the above treatments are effective. The purpose of bladder training is to inhibit unstable bladder contractions and increase bladder capacity through treatment. The training is to drink more water during the day, try to hold back urine, prolong the interval between urination, stop drinking after night, and take appropriate sedative and sleeping medication to sleep quietly. Patients need to keep a diary of urination during treatment, which can increase confidence in the cure. Drug therapy and electrical stimulation therapy can effectively inhibit the unstable contraction of bladder, relieve the symptoms of urinary frequency and urgency, and achieve clinical cure. In addition, changes in daily living habits are also very important to maintain the treatment effect, mainly by avoiding stimulating and excitatory drinks and reducing the intake of stimulating drinks such as strong tea, cola, juice, especially grapefruit juice.