Diseases

Overactive Urinary Bladder

Symptom of overactive detrusor muscle of the URINARY BLADDER that contracts with abnormally high frequency and urgency. Overactive bladder is characterized by the frequent feeling of needing to urinate during the day, during the night, or both. URINARY INCONTINENCE may or may not be present.

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Abstract

Symptom of overactive detrusor muscle of the URINARY BLADDER that contracts with abnormally high frequency and urgency. Overactive bladder is characterized by the frequent feeling of needing to urinate during the day, during the night, or both. URINARY INCONTINENCE may or may not be present.

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7 entry terms
  • Bladder, Overactive
  • Overactive Bladder
  • Urinary Bladder, Overactive
  • Overactive Detrusor
  • Overactive Detrusor Function
  • Detrusor Function, Overactive
  • Detrusor, Overactive

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

2007; for OVERACTIVE BLADDER use URINARY INCONTINENCE 2005-2006

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Previous Indexing

  • Bladder, Neurogenic (1989-2003)
  • Urinary Incontinence (2004-2006)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Overactive Urinary Bladder. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D053201. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D053201
  2. Overactive Urinary Bladder. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overactive_bladder
  3. Overactive Urinary Bladder. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q331231