Overactive bladder is a common condition marked by a frequent feeling of needing to urinate to a degree that it negatively affects a person's life. It is characterized by four main symptoms: urgency, urinary frequency, nocturia, and urge incontinence, with urinary frequency defined as urinating more than roughly seven to eight times daily. The cause of overactive bladder is unknown, though it is often linked to overactivity of the detrusor muscle of the bladder and associated with risk factors including obesity, caffeine consumption, and constipation.
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Classification
ICD-10 ChapterXIV: Diseases of the Genitourinary System 2 Communicable or Non-communicable Connections
Treated By
Source Percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (Wikipedia)
Source Sacral nerve stimulation (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Overactive bladder
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Overactive bladder (OAB) is a common condition where there is a frequent feeling of needing to urinate to a degree that it negatively affects a person's life.
2. Wikipedia: ICD-10
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Diseases of the genitourinary system
Sacral nerve stimulation (Wikipedia)
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Sacral nerve stimulation is used to treat various pelvic disorders, including urinary incontinence, urinary urgency, urinary frequency, urinary retention, overactive bladder, fecal incontinence, constipation, and low anterior resection syndrome.
Percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (Wikipedia)
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Percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS), also referred to as posterior tibial nerve stimulation, is the least invasive form of neuromodulation used to treat overactive bladder (OAB) and the associated symptoms of urinary urgency, urinary frequency and urge incontinence.
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