"It was assumed I just had a low pain threshold and I was looking for attention as a teenager," said Laurene, a project ...

From the age of 13, Laurene Agnew endured excruciating periods. However, she said her pain had been dismissed for the past ...

Spinal disorders often begin subtly, with symptoms that are easily overlooked, or dismissed as routine strain .

Endometriosis is more than just period pain, it’s a progressive disease that can damage vital organs, fertility, and mental ...

Sciatica produces stabbing nerve pain from the lower back to the leg ... and in extreme cases, loss of bowel or bladder control, are associated with aging, bad posture, spinal stress, and heredity.

Bladder and bowel issues are often overlooked, but for 1.5 million children across the UK they are life altering. From missed school days to plummeting self-esteem, the ripple effects of unaddressed ...

As Dr. Moldwin notes, pain with bladder filling —that is, as you take in fluids—is more indicative of IC/BPS than pain with peeing, which is a dead ringer for a UTI.

A modified herpes virus that targets spinal cord nerve cells to treat neurogenic bladder in people with spinal cord injury is underway in a first-in-human clinical trial by UTHealth Houston at ...

In addition to creating physical challenges, bladder and bowel problems may also affect your quality of life. They can be difficult to talk about, but you don't have to suffer in silence.

The 2 primary management strategies of overactive bladder are drug therapy and sacral neurostimulation. Drs. Pathak and Aboseif discuss the relative merits, and drawbacks, of these 2 approaches.

Because bladder and bowel function depend on nerve messages zipping to and from the brain via the spinal cord, most spina bifida patients have trouble. Some are totally incontinent, some partially.