The cause of most of the bladder Active You have been invited to the house of a friend for dinner and the first thing you do after arriving is ask where is the bathroom. Worry not take long trips or getting stuck in traffic because a bathroom may not be close. If all this sounds familiar, you're not alone!
If you have any sudden urges to visit the bathroom to empty your bladder that are difficult to push, you could have a real medical condition known as overactive bladder or OAB. People with OAB can also experience having to empty their bladder frequently (8 times or more per day), which may include getting up in the middle of the night to empty their bladder. Some people may even experience, on occasion, a little urine leaks after the uncontrollable urge to pee. Over 21% of Canadian adult women are affected by overactive bladder. OAB affects men too: about 15% of adult men in Canada have this condition.
If you think you might have OAB, see your doctor. You may feel a little embarrassed, but you have nothing to lose and everything to gain by talking with your doctor. Your doctor sees people with this condition often, and can recommend several treatment options to help you.
Normally, the muscle wall of the bladder (detrusor called) sends a message to your brain to tell you that your bladder is full. To empty the bladder, the detrusor muscle contracts and exit from the bladder, the sphincter relaxes. If you have an overactive bladder, the detrusor muscle contracts involuntarily, even if your bladder can not be complete.
Why the detrusor muscle contract involuntarily? There are different reasons for different people. It can be caused by changes in the nerves that make the detrusor muscle more sensitive to changes in how the brain interprets messages from the muscle, or changes in the muscle itself. In addition, there may be other reasons unknown to the contraction of the detrusor muscle involuntary.
If left untreated, OAB can affect your self-esteem, professional life, sleep, and even sex.
Unfortunately, only 1 in 4 women with OAB seek help. Many find the condition embarrassing due to the stigma surrounding OAB and many may have misconceptions about the disease. Some may think the symptoms of overactive bladder are just part of getting older and not worth their doctor. But this is not true! Overactive bladder is a real medical condition that is treatable and your doctor can help you. You do not have to put up with it.
If you have symptoms of overactive bladder (OAB), do not be too embarrassed to talk to your doctor about this. Remember, Address Book is a real medical condition that can be treated. You'll be relieved to know there are many medications and other treatments available to treat overactive bladder after it was diagnosed.
Most OAB treatments to slow involuntary contractions that can cause feelings of urgency and sometimes cause urine to leak. These treatments help reduce the number of accidents, visits to the bathroom, and a strong demand to go.
Changes made by finding an effective treatment can help you regain your confidence, so you can stop worrying about things like not knowing where the bathrooms, getting stuck in traffic or waiting a long line of bathroom.
Anticholinergic drugs are known as the main drug cons option for overactive bladder.
Because these drugs work the same way, they also share some side effects. The most common side effects are dry mouth and constipation.
To manage dry mouth, try chewing sugarless gum, sucking on ice chips or sugarless hard candy, or use a saliva substitute (available in pharmacies). If you are still troubled by dry mouth, talk to your doctor.
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Posted on March 19, 2010.
