Chronic urine retention due to neurogenic bladder in a young woman treated through ayurveda: A case report

Abstract

Chronic urine retention due to functional reasons is a difficult to treat condition. Low-pressure, low-flow voiding dysfunction also called as neurogenic bladder is a common functional reason of chronic urinary retention. Conventional pharmacotherapy has not been promising in such conditions and the symptomatic management is done through regular catheterisation. Catheterisation due to its social and medical limitations has a high discontinuation rate even though if it is recommended. In this scenario, any possibility of alternative interventions leading to the clinical improvements without catheterisation comes with hope as a lead to the future medicine. We present here case of a young woman suffering with chronic urinary retention due to neurogenic bladder, previously on regular intermittent catheterisation for few months and subsequently treated through Ayurveda interventions aiming to improve bladder contractility to the extent of complete recovery raises a high hope for treating such cases if such observations are being brought to the serious scientific enquiry and are translated into regular treatment strategy for similar clinical conditions.