Upper motor neuron bladder

1. What are the causes of UMN bladder?
2. Where is a lesion located that results in an UMN bladder?
3. What is the appearance of a UMN bladder?
4. What are the treatments for UMN bladder?

Answers:
1. SCI (after reflexes return), CVA, MS.
2. Above the sacral micturition center (above S2).
3. Small, hyperreflexic, overactive, little bladder, resulting in failure to store urine.
4. Ditropan (directly relaxes smooth muscle), anticholinergics, alpha-agonists, beta-agonists.