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Overactive Bladder Syndrome (OAB).
One in Five Britons over the age of 40 suffer from the problem according to the Bladder and Bowel Foundation.
The foundation is the largest UK charity dealing with matters concerning bladder and bowel disorders. Providing information and support to Sufferers, Patients, their families, carers and healthcare professionals. The B&BF new website (launched September 2008) also contains an on-line forum, enabling all to share and gain help from their experiences. www.bladderandbowelfoundation.org
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Title: Overactive Bladder Symptoms
Author: Sven Ullmann
Article:
Overactive bladder (OAB) is defined as being a chronic
urological condition that causes urgency, with or without urge
incontinence, and commonly with frequency and nocturia. The
cause of this condition is unknown, but researchers are sure
that it involves dysfunction of the detrusor muscle.
Recent surveys have found that about one in six American or
European adults suffers from symptoms caused by OAB. With this
in mind it is estimated that there are more than 33 million
adults in America with OAB which is common in both men and
women. OAB increases with age.
To help manage your OAB symptoms you will need to modify your
lifestyle. This can include fluid restriction, caffeine
restriction, bladder retraining, antimuscarinic drugs such as
darifenacin, hyoscyamine, oxybutynin, tolterodine, solifenacin,
and trospium. There are also various other devices that are
helpful in curing OAB symptoms.
- OAB is one of the most uncomfortable conditions to suffer from
whether you experience frequent urination, or urge incontinence.
There are symptoms checklists that you should consider and take
with you to your doctors' appointment. These checklists can help
in determining the best treatment option for you. Here are some
of the questions that will likely be included:
Do you frequently experience the following?
- Get up to urinate two or more times in a single night -
Urinating more than eight times in a 24 hour period - Feel an
overwhelming and uncontrollable urge to urinate - Urinary
incontinence, control problems, leaking
If you have too, plan your trips and excursions around the
bathrooms. Knowing where they are and how many are there and
experiencing anxiety about having to use them, then you may be
suffering from OAB. Also if you are using adult incontinence
devices, such as adult diapers or mattress protection liners,
these are also sign that you are suffering from OAB.
Be prepared when traveling. Always carry your own In-Car Loo
The symptoms of OAB do not appear suddenly and all at once. This
affliction comes on gradually so you may find yourself adjusting
your lifestyle little by little. The anxiety of OAB my be
limiting your lifestyle and you might be unwittingly accepting
the limitations imposed on your day to day ability to do the
things you would like to be doing.
You don't have to accept OAB as art of the normal process of
aging, you can fight back and reclaim your ability to live and
enjoy a normal active life. Don't let OAB come between you and
all the things you would like to do. Talk to your doctor about
these symptoms if you are experiencing them. You don't have to
live your life with these preventable limitations. Don't accept
OAB, fight it. Call your doctor soon.
About the author:
Article by Sven Ullmann,
http://www.deservedhealth.com/overactive-bladder-symptoms/
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