3 Bladder Health Myths You Need to Stop Believing
Peeing eight or more times every day? Can’t take a road trip without hitting every rest stop along the way? Unless you’ve brought up your bathroom habits with your doctor or done extensive research online, you may not recognize the symptoms of overactive bladder (OAB).Caused by involuntary contractions of the bladder muscle, OAB is characterized by the sudden, compelling need to urinate, and high urinary frequency (usually eight or more times daily). The symptoms affect about 33 million adults in the U.S. alone; a third of those will also experience the loss of bladder control, which, when associated with OAB, is called urge urinary incontinence or UUI. Despite its prevalence, patients have misconceptions surrounding the condition—“It only affects old people,” and “There aren’t many opt...