Patients with COVID-19 infection are at increased risk of developing new or worsening symptoms of overactive bladder (OAB), according to data presented at the American Urological Association’s annual meeting in 2022 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Ly Hoang Roberts, MD, of Oakland University, Royal Oak, Michigan, and colleagues noted that they were the first American group to identify de novo genitourinary symptoms, such as frequency, urgency, nocturia, and pain / pressure in people with previous COVID 19 infection. They called this condition COVID-19 associated cystitis (CAC). Read more.
Source: Community 99, May 15, 2022