1. What are symptoms of overactive bladder?
If you suddenly have the urge to urinate without thinking or you are not able to urinate on the toilet and you are leaking urine, then you are likely to have symptoms of overactive bladder, known as overactive bladder (OAB), which are commonly associated with terms such as urge incontinence, bladder spasms, and dysfunction of the detrusor muscle.
If you suffer from overactive bladder symptoms, you may feel embarrassed, anxious or even depressed because these symptoms can interfere with your daily activities, work and even your personal life.
2. What is the relationship between the bladder and overactive bladder disorder?
The bladder is a muscular, balloon-like organ that stores urine. Continuing with the bottom of the bladder is a very short tube called the urethra, through which urine is expelled from the body.
The bladder neck, external urethral sphincter and pelvic floor muscles effectively prevent leakage of urine.
During normal urination, urine is passed through the urethra by contraction of the bladder and relaxation of the urethra and pelvic floor muscles.
A typical bladder capacity is 300 to 400 ml or 10 to 13 ounces, and under normal conditions, the average person urinates 8 times during the day and 0 to 1 time at night. It is basically difficult to empty the bladder during urination, and a small amount of urine of about a few tablespoons remains. Overactive bladder disorder occurs when one or more parts of the body that work together to regulate the bladder are dysfunctional. In most cases overactive bladder occurs because the bladder contracts early before it is regulated by nerve impulses, when there is a sudden urge to urinate, with or without leakage.
The bowel, specifically the colon, is adjacent to the bladder, and when a large amount of stool accumulates in the bowel it can compress the bladder and cause abnormal bladder contractions, resulting in the bladder not emptying properly.
3. How is overactive bladder diagnosed?
Your doctor may diagnose overactive bladder by taking a medical history, physical examination, urine tests to diagnose urinary tract infections, hematuria or diabetes, and other tests to rule out other conditions or diseases. Your doctor may ask you to keep a urinary diary for several days, which is especially important for diagnosis and care of overactive bladder. The diary should include the following information: when (time) how much (amount of fluid) you drank, what kind of fluid (type of fluid used) when (time) you urinated, how much you urinated each time, and if you leaked, how much you leaked.
Whether urination is accompanied by a feeling of urgency 4. What are the specific symptoms of overactive bladder disorder?
An overactive bladder will contract involuntarily, causing the following symptoms: a sudden urge or strong uncontrollable desire to go to the bathroom to urinate frequent urination in small amounts to the point of urinating more than eight times in a 24-hour period or more than two times at night (including twice) a feeling of imminent urine spillage on the way to the bathroom or significant leakage when overactive bladder is clearly disrupts the quality of your daily life, we need to evaluate its symptoms.
Some patients have symptoms related to specific daily activities, for example, a strong urge to urinate when: once at home, on the way to the bathroom, exposed to cold air, seeing or hearing running water (sound), urinary incontinence is the inability to store urine normally in the body and pass it out.