How Does Spinal Cord Injury Effect the Bladder?

[@laneyc.4587]

Physical Therapy student here, thanks for the great video. Helped me understand nonreflexive and reflexive bladder differences.

[@scinosensation5104]

I have a T7-T8 level injury that over time became complete. For the first 5 1/2 weeks my bladder would not empty at all and I did intermittent catheterization, and continue to do it to this day. I got a massive uti that caused bladder spasms and that I could not control. In short my experience does not exactly match what this video describes. The uti caused my bladder to spontaneously contract when my bladder filled to a certain level. 15 months after that injury leakage would start at 600 mL, but over time it came to spontaneously contract at about 1250 mL and release about 500 mL. I look forward to the next video in this series

[@aayushgupta3286]

Great video

[@lifeteaches4477]

One member of my family aged 60 has recently got severe lumbar spinal stenosis with degenerative disc bulges & loss of bladder & bowel functions normally.So as you have said if the spinal injury isn't in the sacral region then it is the problem of brain nerves ,might be nerves compressed due to narrowing of spine & does that mean after a few months bowel & bladder functions will return to normal?? Is the cauda equina syndrome cause of spinal injury to lumbar region or sacral region or can be of both???Please reply if you can Sir! Thank you

[@danielgartin6993]

I have neurogenic bladder as a result of cerebral palsy which causes me to wet myself sometimes

[@danielgartin6993]

That doesn't work for me because of my cerebral palsy my bladder never empties completely so it overflows and I still pee myself at night sometimes and intermittent catheterization caused bleeding for me and I peed myself every night, I'm so embarrassed

[@danielgartin6993]

It's my brain itself actually so it can't be cured, when I have to urinate I have to urinate right away or I will have an accident and sometimes I don't feel I have to urinate and completely wet myself and my bed, it's annoying especially when I'm sleeping and I get so embarrassed when I get wet

[@garysingh6151]

Can I get this translated to Farsi???