Overactive Bladder Treatments

通常很难确定膀胱过度活跃的原因，所以你的治疗将包括缓解给你带来最大麻烦的症状。许多膀胱过度活跃的人会有多种症状，包括尿急和尿频。如果这些措施不起作用，你的家庭医生很可能会建议你采取保守的措施来控制你的症状，然后再建议用药。作为最后的手段，有手术治疗非常严重的症状。你的全科医生或医疗保健专业人员将能够为你提供最好的治疗方法。

Conservative Treatments

Lifestyle, Fluids and Diet

A few small changes to your lifestyle could help to alleviate urgency and frequency symptoms associated with an overactive bladder . It is important to make sure that you are drinking enough fluids to avoid bladder irritation and infection. It is advisable to limit your intake of fizzy drinks, caffeine and alcohol. More advice onLifestyle, Fluids and Diet.

Tibial Nerve Stimulation

Percutaneous Nerve Stimulationor PTNS as it is commonly known is a treatment that directly stimulates the nerves responsible for bladder control and is a method that can be used to treat frequency and a n overactive bladder.

Medicinal

Antispasmodic Medications

There are several medications available which can help prevent spasms of the bladder muscle, which can help reduce urgency and frequency; they belong to a group of medicines known as antimuscarinic or anticholinergic drugs. Below is a list of some medications that may be prescribed and links to more information.

Surgical

Bladder Augmentation

如果保守治疗和药物治疗失败，你可能会被转介到外科医生那里讨论你的选择。膀胱增大术是一种可行的手术选择。这个手术有几种方式，你的外科医生会讨论最适合你的选择。这个手术被认为是大手术，包括切开膀胱。Further details aboutBladder Augmentation.

Botulinum Toxin

Botulinum Toxinor Botox as it is more commonly known is a powerful neurotoxin, which works by blocking the electrical impulses to a nerve, which makes a muscle contract causing muscle paralysis. This is a relatively new treatment licensed to treat bladder overactivity. It will usually only be considered if medications have failed to improve your conditions. Y

Detrusor Myectomy

TheDetrusor Myectomyis a major operation used to treat an overactive bladder with symptoms of urgency and frequency. It involves removing all or part of the outer muscle layer that surrounds the bladder.

Sacral Nerve Stimulation

Sacral Nerve Stimulationor Sacral Neuromodulation (SNM) is a device that is implanted under the skin in the upper buttock. It helps by correcting the messages that run along our nerve pathways. SNM is performed in two stages, first you will undergo an evaluation, and then, depending on your results you will be offered the implant.

Alternative

Acupuncture

Acupuncture是一种古老的习俗，认为当一个人的“气”或能量流动受阻时，疾病和疼痛就会发生。将细的、无菌的针头插入特定的穴位，有助于疏通这种能量流。一项研究表明，针灸沿着骶骨可以抑制膀胱过度活跃和频率和紧迫性的症状。

THE INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE IS A GUIDE ONLY. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU SPEAK TO YOUR GP OR A QUALIFIED HEALTH PROFESSIONAL BEFORE UNDERTAKING ANY TREATMENTS.

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