Overactive bladder is a problem with bladder-storage function that causes a sudden urge to urinate.

If you drink large amounts of fluid, it makes sense that you might have to make more trips to the bathroom. The urge may be difficult to stop, and overactive bladder may lead to the involuntary loss of urine.It can force you to avoid vacations, dinners out, and other social situations.You can even miss out on valuable time with family and friends because you’re afraid your overactive bladder — also called OAB — will trigger at the wrong time and embarrass you. Although you may be able to get to the toilet in time when you sense an urge to urinate, unexpected frequent urination and nighttime urination can disrupt your life.

1) Experience a sudden urge to go to the bathroom:

Feel a sudden urge to urinate that’s difficult to control.This symptom can occur at any time of day, regardless of where you are and what you’ve had to drink.

2) Disrupted Sleep:

This symptom is also called nocturia. Nocturia becomes more common as we age, but repeated, disruptive overnight urges are a familiar sign of overactive bladder. Disrupted sleep on an ongoing basis can also have detrimental effects on your overall health, mood, and sense of well being.

3) Increased Frequemcy:

If one feel the urinate more times than usual(around 10 to 12 times) in 24 hours,they should get themselves tested.If you have OAB, you may find yourself frequently having to leave social situations in order to relieve yourself. The frequency of OAB is not usually tied to consumption of fluids. The need to urinate often is present whether you limit fluid intake or not.

4) Urge incontinence :

Urge incontinence is the loss of bladder control that causes involuntary leakage of urine. It starts with a sudden, insuppressible bladder-muscle contraction when the bladder is filling with urine. There is usually little or no time to recognize the need to urinate. The leakage can be as little as several drops of urine or several ounces

Although it’s common among older adults, overactive bladder isn’t a normal part of aging. If your symptoms distress you, consider behavior strategies and management options. Treatments are available that might help you.