Don’t Let The Symptoms Of Urinary Retention
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What Is Urinary Retention?
Urinary retention is the inability to empty the bladder. People with this condition are unable to urinate or they feel frequent urges but only urinate small amounts.
Urinary Retention Symptoms
Hesitancy
You experience difficulty starting to urinate
Frequent Small Voids
You urinate only a small amount, often resulting in frequent trips to the restroom
Slow Urine Stream
You need to strain when urinating and have a slow urine stream
Post-Void Fullness
You experience lower abdominal bloating or discomfort
Your journey to find the urinary retention treatment solution that works for you
1 CONSULT WITH YOUR DOCTOR
- Discuss your symptoms
- Start a baseline bladder diary
- Undergo recommended diagnostic tests
- Discuss treatment options
2 INITIAL TREATMENT
- Behavioral management
- Alpha-blocker medications (for men with prostate enlargement)
Don’t give up!
Follow up with your doctor to discuss advanced therapy options
3 ADVANCED THERAPIES
- Sacral Neuromodulation
- Clean intermittent self-catheterization
- Surgical intervention
Urinary Retention Patient Care Pathway
1
CONSULT WITH YOUR DOCTOR
INITIAL TREATMENT
2
FOLLOW UP WITH YOUR DOCTOR
ADVANCED THERAPIES
3
What Is Sacral Neuromodulation?
Sacral Neuromodulation is a therapy that provides gentle stimulation to the nerves that communicate between the brain and the bladder and bowel. This advanced therapy helps restore normal communication, which can result in symptom improvement.
Hear From the Experts
Rebecca McCrery, MD, FPMRS
Urogynecologist
Urinary retention refers to a condition where patients can’t go to the bathroom. There’s always a spectrum where you’ve got some patients that, maybe it presents more as their stream is really slow and it feels like they have to sit there forever and they can’t get it all out. On the other end of the spectrum, you’ve got patients where they just can’t go at all and they have to use catheters and rely on those catheters to empty the bladder.
Generally, urinary retention symptoms progress over time. It usually starts as more of a slower stream, and then the patients will get a diagnosis at some point of the fact that they’re not emptying their bladder well. Treatment wise, there’s not a lot of options for urinary retention, especially when it comes to urinary retention in women. Sacral Neuromodulation Therapy is a treatment we use quite a bit if a patient is not getting the results they are looking for with catheter use.
One of the advantages of Axonics Therapy is the small size of the device. Another nice feature is the 15+ year battery life. I think, from a patient’s standpoint, the idea of not having to come in for regular battery changes, which is a surgical procedure, is very appealing.
There is a solution for you.
The good news is that there are urinary retention treatment options for controlling your symptoms. Axonics Therapy is an advanced solution to treat your urinary retention symptoms. This therapy is a clinically proven solution to help people regain normal bladder control function.1
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References:
1. Pezzella A, McCrery R, Lane F, et al. Two-year outcomes of the ARTISAN-SNM study for the treatment of urinary urgency incontinence using the Axonics rechargeable sacral neuromodulation system. Neurourol Urodyn. 2021;40(2):714-721. doi:10.1002/nau.24615
