Urinary, bowel and sexual symptoms in a cohort of patients with Friedreich's ataxia

Urinary, bowel and sexual symptoms in a cohort of patients with Friedreich's ataxia

Lad M; Parkinson M H; Rai M; Pandolfo M; Bogdanova-Mihaylova P; Walsh R A; Murphy S; Emmanuel A; Panicker J; Giunti P

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

2017

bowel incontinence; urinary incontinence; Friedreich's ataxia; trajectory; characteristics; lower UTI symptoms; bowel symptoms

Background: Pelvic symptoms are distressing symptoms experienced by patients with Friedreich's Ataxia (FRDA). The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), bowel and sexual symptoms in FRDA.Methods: Questionnaire scores measuring LUTS, bowel and sexual symptoms were analysed with descriptive statistics as a cohort and as subgroups (Early/Late-onset and Early/Late-stage FRDA) They were also correlated with validated measures of disease severity including those of ataxia severity, non-ataxic symptoms and activities of daily living.Results:

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