bladder and urinary difficulties

In fact there are 27-29% of PD have bladder and urinary difficulties. Unlike bowel dysfunction which becomes motor feature at the early stage of PD urinary and bladder dysfunction with PD becomes evident at later stages of Parkinson's. The primary function of the bladder is twofold- to store urine and then to empty the urine when it is convenient and socially acceptable to do so. The most common urinary symptoms experienced by people with PD are first the need to urinate extremely frequently and difficulty in delaying urination once the need perceived , creating a sense of urinary urgency. Therefore urinary problem is a feature amongst PD and they should not hesitate to bring these problems to the doctor and seek for treatment. Awareness of their existence and recognition of their problems are the way to manage well