Loss of bladder control can occur after a spinal cord injury if certain nerves are damaged, but there are ways to treat your incontinence symptoms.
How Spinal Cord Injuries Cause Bladder Problems & Care Tips
- By Susie Gronski
- Aug 22, 2023
Loss of bladder control can occur after a spinal cord injury if certain nerves are damaged, but there are ways to treat your incontinence symptoms.
80% of people with spinal cord injuries due to trauma, vehicle accidents, infections, and other conditions experience some degree of neurogenic bladder dysfunction. The bladder can become dysfunctional as a result of an injury or disease of the central nervous system, muscles, or peripheral nerves responsible for bladder control.