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Urogynecology (Expert Forum)
Under 30 yrs old and diagnosed with overactive bladder. Too young?
Answered by
Lennox Hoyte, M.D. - UroGynecology, Pelvic Surgery
USF College College of Medicine
Tampa - FL
Questions in the Urogynecology forum are answered by medical professionals affiliated with USF Health. Topics covered include overactive bladders, bladder pain, fallen/drooping bladder, bowel urgency, bowel prolapse, cystitis, incontinence, pain with intercourse, rectal prolapse, surgery, urinary urgency, and uterine prolapse.
Under 30 yrs old and diagnosed with overactive bladder. Too young?
by girly_59601, Aug 06, 2007 12:00AM
Just diagnosed with overactive bladder, but not all the symptoms coincide. Have pain during intercourse, excessive trouble voiding, constant urgency to urinate, lower abdomen apin (soreness, not piercing). I suspect it is not overactive bladder, but perhaps bladder stones or prolapsed bladder? Was diagnosed with PCOS in 2004, just seems to me that 28 yrs is too young for overactive bladder. Thanks for the help.
Doctor's Answer
by Lennox Hoyte, M.D., Aug 08, 2007 12:00AM
, Aug 08, 2007 12:00AM
Make sure that your urine culture is negative, and all STD checks are negative. If this is the case, then you should obtain an evaluation by a trained pelvic floor physical therapist to evaluate for active trigger points in your pelvic floor and abdominal wall muscles. If there are trigger points present, you may obtain symptom relief of your bladder symptoms from manual release of the trigger points. Pelvic floor trigger points can cause symptoms very similar to overactive bladder, and they are associated with painful intercourse. This assumes that your symptoms are constant, and not related to your period.
Lennox Hoyte MD
Lennox Hoyte MD
