The overactive bladder has various symptoms.
- Involuntary loss of urine.
- Continuous leakage when the bladder is full.
- Making 8 or more trips to the bathroom in a 24hour period.
- Inability to stop leakage long enough to reach a toilet (urgency incontinence).
- Leaking or wetting accidents (urinary incontinence).
- Enlargement of the prostate also known as benign prostate hypertrophy (BPH).
- Aging of the bladder.
- Combination of factors or in some patients often unknown.
- Urinary Tract infections such as cystitis, prostate infections and certain medications may cause temporary OAB.
- Diseases like Parkinson’s disease, stroke and diabetes could cause OAB.
- DESD: Detrusor external sphincter dyssynergia may result in incontinence. It is mostly seen with patients with spinal cord injury and multiple sclerosis.