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Diabetes can change your bladder control. It can cause your bladder to be overactive. Or it may be underactive. This can happen in people of any gender.
Diabetes can damage the nerves and muscles that control the bladder. If you also smoke or are overweight, these raise your risk for bladder problems.
Some medicines can make it hard to start peeing and keep it going. These include medicines to control blood pressure. One type of diabetes medicine lowers blood sugar by raising the amount of sugar in the urine. These medicines are called SGLT-2 inhibitors. They may cause you to pee more often. People taking these are also at higher risk for fungal infections in the genital area.
The symptoms of an overactive bladder include:
Needing to pee more often (8 or more times a day)
Needing to get up more than 1 time a night to pee (nocturia)
Having a sudden, strong urge to pee
Leaking urine after a sudden urge
An overactive bladder can be treated. Types of treatment include:
Exercises to strengthen the muscles that hold in pee
An electrical device
Medicine
Surgery (for severe cases)
The symptoms of an underactive bladder include:
Losing the urge to pee
Not being able to empty your bladder fully
Only able to pee in small amounts at a time (dribbling or weak stream)
Having a lot of urinary tract infections
An underactive bladder can be treated. Types of treatment include:
Surgery
Changes in bathroom timing