Overactive Bladder (OAB)

Overactive bladder includes several types of problems, which you may experience individually or in combination:

You might have overactive bladder if you:¹

• have frequent, uncontrollable urges to urinate (urgency).
• leak urine the moment you realize you have to go to the bathroom (urgency incontinence).
• leak urine when you drink even a small amount of liquid, when you hear or touch running water, or for no reason at all (urgency incontinence).
• need to urinate more than 8 times a day (frequency). Usually accompanies urgency and/or urgency incontinence.
• get up to use the bathroom more than once at night (nocturia). Usually accompanies urgency and/or urgency incontinence.

References

1. International Continence Society. Overactive Bladder Fact Sheet. Accessed June 21, 2009.