Severely pinched nerves in certain parts of the spine can even cause loss of bowel and bladder control.

Cervical spinal stenosis can potentially cause serious problems with the nervous system, including problems with bowel or bladder control (incontinence) and permanent loss of strength and feeling in the arms, hands, legs, and chest.

The lower urinary tract is innervated by 3 sets of peripheral nerves: pelvic parasympathetic nerves, which arise at the sacral level of the spinal cord, excite the bladder, and relax the urethra; lumbar sympathetic nerves, which inhibit the bladder body and excite the bladder base and urethra; and pudendal nerves.

A weak or dribbling urinary stream. Frequent urination (urinating eight or more times daily) Urgency (a feeling or need to urinate immediately) Painful urination, which may mean there is a urinary tract infection.

There’s no cure for neurogenic bladder, but you can manage your symptoms and get control. If you have OAB, you may need to: Train your bladder. You can do this by squeezing your pelvic floor muscles during the day or when you need to pee (Kegel exercises).

The prognosis of patients with incontinence from neurogenic bladder is excellent with modern health care. With improvement in information technology, well-trained medical staff, and advances in medical knowledge, patients who are incontinent should not experience the morbidity and mortality of the past.

While neurogenic bladder can’t be cured, necessarily, it can most definitely be managed. Most cases of neurogenic bladder can be managed with medication and intermittent catheterization.

Neurogenic bladder is the name given to a number of urinary conditions in people who lack bladder control due to a brain, spinal cord or nerve problem. This nerve damage can be the result of diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson’s disease or diabetes.

Bladder management options for people with neurogenic bladder include:

1. Medications. Your doctor may prescribe medications to improve bladder function.
2. Clean intermittent catheterization (CIC).
3. Continuous catheterization.
4. Surgical intervention.

Your health care provider may suggest: Medicines that relax the bladder (oxybutynin, tolterodine, or propantheline) Medicines that make certain nerves more active (bethanechol) Botulinum toxin.

You may not feel your bladder control improve for 3 to 6 weeks. Still, most people do notice an improvement after a few weeks. Some people with nerve damage cannot tell whether they are doing Kegel exercises correctly. If you are not sure, ask your doctor or nurse to examine you while you try to do them.

Your sacral micturition center is an area of the spinal cord at the base of the spine. This is the area of the spinal cord that controls your bladder and sphincter.

The vagus nerve is parasympathetic and innervates the upper segments of the GI tract up to the splenic flexure. The pelvic splanchnic nerves carry parasympathetic fibers from the S2-4 spinal cord levels to the descending colon and rectum.

Key points. Neurogenic bowel is the loss of normal bowel function due to a nerve problem. The muscles and nerves around your rectum and anus need to work together for your bowels to work properly. Damage to these nerves can cause lack of bowel control, leading to constipation and bowel accidents.

A spinal cord injury can lead to bowel problems: You may have problems moving waste through your colon (or large intestine). You may pass a stool when you don’t want to, or a stool may be hard to pass. These problems can cause pain in your abdomen.