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Urinary urgency and frequency of nerve origin — Myths and facts

Medically reviewed by Dr Renaud Bollens — Professor of Urology

Myths and facts

Separating myth from fact on urinary urgency nerve, because the myths are what keep patients undiagnosed for years.

Urgency, frequency and a sense of incomplete emptying can all be produced by pudendal nerve irritation, in the presence of a completely normal bladder work-up.

Patients often carry a diagnosis of overactive bladder or interstitial cystitis for years. When medication for those conditions has never helped, the assumption behind it deserves review.

As a urologist, Dr Bollens evaluates bladder symptoms and nerve symptoms in the same consultation instead of separating them between specialties.

A structured specialist review replaces guesswork with a mechanism — or rules our field out entirely.