This site is intended for healthcare professionals

Go to /sign-in page

You can view 5 more pages without signing in

Hypotonic bladder

Last reviewed dd mmm yyyy. Last edited dd mmm yyyy

Authoring team

Detrusor areflexia or a hypotonic bladder may result from:

  • lower motor neurone disease
  • spinal cord injury
  • autonomic neuropathy - e.g. diabetes mellitus

Normal voiding is impaired, the bladder becomes enlarged, and eventually, overflow incontinence results.

Intermittent self-catheterisation is the mainstay of treatment.


Related pages

Create an account to add page annotations

Annotations allow you to add information to this page that would be handy to have on hand during a consultation. E.g. a website or number. This information will always show when you visit this page.