Appropriate management relies on an accurate diagnosis. In some patients with NGB, the original cause of their symptoms may be misdiagnosed, resulting in failure of initial therapy. 9 Assessment ...

Neurogenic bladder is when a problem in your brain, spinal cord, or central nervous system makes you lose control of your bladder. You may pee too much or too little. You could have symptoms of both ...

A neurogenic bladder happens from nerve damage as a long-term result of high blood sugar. Preventing this hyperglycemia is a key way of helping to reduce the risk of this complication. Nerves are ...

Management options for patients with neurogenic bladder (NGB) secondary to spinal cord injury (SCI) include indwelling catheters, reflex voiding to a condom catheter or pad/diaper, clean intermittent ...

Neurogenic bladder and bowel occur when nerve damage causes you to have difficulty controlling your bladder and bowel. If left untreated, they can cause serious complications. However, treatment can ...

The Pediatric Urology Section at the American Urological Association 98th Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, provided new insights into some of the older problems in the field of pediatric urology.

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by doctors, meant for physicians and other healthcare professionals as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through ...

One of the most helpful tests in the evaluation of neurogenic bladder is called a urodynamic test. Urodynamic testing is also called a cystometrogram (CMG). In this test a very small catheter is ...

Anticholinergic/antimuscarinic agents, the standard therapy for patients with neurogenic detrusor overactivity,15 are often used in conjunction with CIC to allow for ...

The human bladder has two main functions. It stores urine made by the kidneys. Then, when it is full, you have an urge to urinate and the bladder empties. When the nervous system, a collection of ...

Neurogenic bladder is when either nerves or the brain cannot communicate effectively with the muscles in the bladder. When this happens, a person may find it difficult to control urination. Up to ...