
WHAT IS OVERACTIVE BLADDER?
WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF OVERACTIVE BLADDER?
- Urine storage symptoms. Storage symptoms include:
- Sudden need to urinate and difficulty in postponing it
- involuntary urinary leakage
- Need to urinate more frequently than normal
- Waking up at night with the need to urinate
- 10-20% of people suffer from such complaints to varying degrees at some point in their lives.
OVERACTIVE BLADDER SYMPTOMS


OVERACTIVE BLADDER TREATMENT
In the treatment of overactive bladder disease, it is important to first make the correct diagnosis. Because the problem may simply be caused by excessive fluid consumption. In such cases, reducing fluid consumption to an average level also normalizes the number of urinations.
To talk about the presence of disease and to distinguish the syndrome from other conditions, the patient’s history is first listened to. Then, physical examination and laboratory examinations are performed. Overactive bladder is a condition that can usually only be understood from the patient’s history.
Patients are advised to keep a 3-day bladder diary. The daily fluid intake and the time at which one goes to the toilet are noted. The amount and type of fluid taken and the amount of urine output are especially noted.
A special test called urodynamics is applied especially in treatment-resistant patients and involuntary contractions in the bladder muscles are clearly detected.
There is more than one treatment method for the disease, but the patient is first asked to make lifestyle changes and develop pelvic exercise habits. In addition to these, drug treatment can also be applied. In patients where all these treatment methods are unsuccessful, bladder botox applications and surgical interventions that reduce nerve conduction may be preferred. In some cases, bladder enlargement can also be used as an effective treatment method.
Many patients are treated with muscle exercises, improvements in standard of living, and medication. The priority for overweight patients is to reach a healthy weight range.
Therefore, treatment practices support this process. The fact that the disease is not life-threatening makes it possible to treat it by providing healthy living conditions. In order to treat this syndrome, which closely affects social life and causes psychological problems, as soon as possible, a specialist doctor should be consulted if symptoms are observed. In this way, the disease can be treated.