What Are the Most Common Types of Bladder Control Problems?
• Urinary urgency. People with this problem feel the need to urinate frequently and urgently. The small “tickle” and feeling of pressure that help us recognize the right time to head to the restroom is very intense. When urinary urgency takes place, the signals that coordinate urination are disrupted and you experience this uncontrollable urge to urinate which can cause incontinence. • Incontinence. This is the loss of bladder control. Sometimes MS will disrupt the nerve signals sent to the body parts that control urine movement allowing urine to be expelled involuntarily. • Nocturia. People with nocturia must awake frequently during the night to go to the bathroom. There are a number of causes for this type of incontinence, but persons with MS may experience nocturia due to the interruption of brain impulses that travel up and down the spine to coordinate urination. • Urinary hesitancy. This refers to difficulty initiating urination. With multiple sclerosis, this problem may be caused
