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Overactive bladder causes a sudden desire to pass urine that is hard to ignore, and may also cause you to go to the toilet frequently and waking at night. It is common and very treatable.
CONDITIONS
Overactive Bladder

Symptoms
• Sudden urgency to pass urine
• Frequency
• Waking at night to urinate (nocturia)
• Urinary leakage


How We Diagnose Overactive Bladder
• Symptom review and bladder diary
• Urine tests
• Imaging – ultrasound
• Cystoscopy in selected patients
• Urodynamics

How We Treat Overactive Bladder
• Lifestyle and fluid advice
• Bladder training and pelvic floor exercises
• Medications to relax the bladder
• Bladder Botox injections
• Nerve stimulation therapies (percutaneous tibial or sacral neuromodulation)
• Treatment of any contributing cause

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