Bladder Control Problems Symptoms

Bladder control problems, like incontinence, is a symptom itself. Symptoms of incontinence can be bedwetting and dribbling. Bedwetting is also called nocturnal enuresis beacause it usually happens at night. It is usually young children that suffer from this and their bladder problems is likely to go away with age. In school there are only 1/100 of the students who suffer from incontinence. In the case of childrens incontinence its source is often a nervous-system still in development. When adults suffers from bedwetting the source may be a nerve problem or a blockage of the passage to or from the bladder.

Dribbling Incontinence

Dribbling incontinence is when urine dribbles out after urination is considered to be finished. For men this is probably due to retained urine in the urethra which is pushed out when the urethra contracts while it for women may be the result of urine retained in a urethral diverticulum. Urethral diverticulum is when the urethra wall has weakened and a sac-like outpouching have been created. Symptoms of bladder control problems can include one or more of the following symptoms:

  • Urgency to urinate.
  • Frequency of urination.
  • Hesitancy when trying hard to start urination.
  • Nocturia, this is when you have to wake at night to urinate.
  • Dribbling after urination is finished.
  • Straining the external sphincter to force urination.
  • Dysuria, that is pain associated with urination.
  • Hematuria, that is blood in the urine, red or pinkish urine.
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