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Welcome to episode 17 of Helix Talk. I'm your co-host Dr. Kane.

I'm Dr. Schumann.

And I'm Dr. Patel.

And today we're talking about overactive bladder or OAB.

So what exactly is overactive bladder?

Well, overactive bladder consists of four different types of cardinal symptoms or components.

It could be manifest in terms of urgency, increased frequency

of urination, increased frequency at nighttime, which we call nocturia, or urgency incontinence,

meaning by the time patient is going to the bathroom, there would be a leakage or an accident.

And this is something that, you know, not a lot of people always talk about at the open.

It's one of those kind of taboo topics, but it's fairly well represented in the population.

There's a prevalence at any point in time, you know, 7 to 27% in men, and then a little

bit higher, 9 to 43% in women. And again, there's a lot of

variance in studies because this is something that's not a lot of people are going to admit

or self-report. And even on top of that, you know, symptoms can get better within, let's say,

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