Just What Is Neurogenic Bladder

Neurogenic bladder is a condition that affects both males and females and can result from disease, injury, or birth defects that affect the brain, spinal cord, or nerves leading to the bladder. Neurogenic bladder is caused by problems with the nerves carrying messages between the bladder and the brain which results in the loss of the normal bladder function control.

Bladder function is normally automatic but is governed by the brain. The final decision on whether or not to void is lost in patients with a neurogenic bladder and symptoms may vary depending upon the cause and other associated conditions. The sensory nerves in the bladder sense the fullness of the bladder and then the brain allows the motor nerves to trigger the muscle contraction of the bladder wall muscles which forces urine out through the urethera.