Author: Healthcare Propulsion Staff

IntroductionThe overlooked relationship between mental health and bladder functionThe neurobiology of bladder dysfunctionHow mental health conditions amplify bladder dysfunctionWhy stress can turn normal bladder signals into distressing symptomsNew approaches for managing bladder and psychological symptomsThe future of bladder careReferencesFurther reading From chronic stress and altered sensory processing to anxiety and depression, emerging evidence is revealing an intricate relationship between the mind and the lower urinary tract – and challenging how bladder disorders are understood and managed. Image Credit: Jannissimo / Shutterstock.com Introduction Chronic psychological stress can affect lower urinary tract function, with animal models demonstrating changes in bladder sensitivity and…

Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez is a primary care pediatrician at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York City. She hosts the American Academy of Pediatrics Healthy Children podcast for parents. Soon after our oldest son turned 4, he was invited to play in an exclusive basketball league with 5- and 6-year-olds. We were all so excited. Our little guy was good at basketball, and we weren’t the only ones who saw it. He had been having fun playing with other 3- and 4-year-olds on a local team, and he was always the best one in the group. If we wanted…

And there were points during the 2010s when the number of claims were higher per A&E attendance than they were now before falling.But the sustained increase over the past five years is causing concern, say experts. The pattern is not being repeated in other areas, such as maternity or orthopaedics, and the low point in 2020-21 is thought to be unrelated to any behaviour changes by patients during the Covid pandemic as it takes three years on average for a claim to be submitted.The Royal College of Emergency Medicine told the BBC it was worried about the rise, linking it…