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Frequent urination
Urinary incontinence
Urinary retention
Frequent urination at night
Excessive urination
Urinary urgency
Urinary frequency
Difficulty urinating
Urine retention
Weak urine stream
Leaking urine
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What is Neurogenic Bladder?
A condition where nerves supplying the bladder are damaged. Causes include injury to the spinal cord and nerve diseases like Parkinson's disease and Multiple sclerosis.
Typical Symptoms of Neurogenic Bladder
- Having difficulty urinating or producing less urine
- Often need to urinate again within 2 hours after last going
- History of dementia
- Urine stream is weaker than it used to be
- Urine flow stops and starts
- Need to strain or bear down to pass urine, in the past month
- Sudden urge to urinate
- Increased urine frequency
Diagnostic Questions for Neurogenic Bladder
Your doctor may ask these questions to check for this disease:
- Have you been experiencing difficulty urinating or producing less urine?
- Do you often need to urinate again within 2 hours after last going?
- Have you been diagnosed with dementia?
- Is your urine stream weaker than it used to be?
- Does your urine flow stop and start?
Treatment of Neurogenic Bladder
Treatment aims to prevent kidney damage from being unable to empty the bladder. Options include medications to increase or decrease the urge and strength needed to pass urine. If the bladder cannot squeeze effectively, emptying the bladder regularly with a catheter (tube) will be necessary.
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Maxwell J. Nanes, DO (Emergency Medicine)
Dr Nanes received a doctorate from the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine and went on to complete a residency in emergency medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin. There he trained at Froedtert Hospital and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in the practice of adult and pediatric emergency medicine. He was a chief resident and received numerous awards for teaching excellence during his time there. | | After residency he took a job at a community hospital where he and his colleagues worked through the toughest days of the COVID-19 pandemic. |
Nao Saito, MD (Urology)
After graduating from Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Dr. Saito worked at Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital, Toda Chuo General Hospital, Tokyo Women's Medical University Yachiyo Medical Center, and Ako Chuo Hospital before becoming Deputy Director (current position) at Takasaki Tower Clinic Department of Ophthalmology and Urology in April 2020.
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