How does the COB Foundation symptom checker work?

Our symptom checker lets you select from 252 common bladder symptoms grouped into categories. It then matches your selections against 58 bladder conditions in our database, ranking results by how many of your symptoms each condition shares. This is an informational tool only and does not replace professional medical advice.

Is the symptom checker a medical diagnosis tool?

No. The COB Foundation symptom checker is for informational purposes only. It helps you explore which bladder conditions may relate to your symptoms, but it cannot diagnose any condition. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional for proper assessment and treatment.

What bladder conditions does the symptom checker cover?

The tool covers 58 bladder and urological conditions, including overactive bladder, interstitial cystitis, urinary tract infections, stress incontinence, benign prostatic hyperplasia, and many more. Each condition page provides detailed information about symptoms, causes, and treatments.

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This tool is for informational purposes only and does not provide a medical diagnosis. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional for proper assessment and treatment. If you are experiencing severe symptoms, please seek immediate medical attention.

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How does the COB Foundation symptom checker work?: Our symptom checker lets you select from 252 common bladder symptoms grouped into categories. It then matches your selections against 58 bladder conditions in our database, ranking results by how many of your symptoms each condition shares. This is an informational tool only and does not replace professional medical advice.
Is the symptom checker a medical diagnosis tool?: No. The COB Foundation symptom checker is for informational purposes only. It helps you explore which bladder conditions may relate to your symptoms, but it cannot diagnose any condition. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional for proper assessment and treatment.
What bladder conditions does the symptom checker cover?: The tool covers 58 bladder and urological conditions, including overactive bladder, interstitial cystitis, urinary tract infections, stress incontinence, benign prostatic hyperplasia, and many more. Each condition page provides detailed information about symptoms, causes, and treatments.

All Symptoms

Urinary Symptoms

Anxiety before and during urination attempts
Avoidance of social situations
Bladder pressure or discomfort
Bladder spasms
Blood clots in urine
Blood in urine
Blood in urine (haematuria)
Blood in urine (hematuria)
Blood in urine or semen
Burning or stinging pain when urinating (dysuria)
Burning sensation during urination
Burning sensation when urinating
Burning with urination
Cloudy or dark urine
Cloudy or dark urine with strong smell
Cloudy or foul-smelling urine
Cloudy or strong-smelling urine
Coital incontinence - leaking urine during sex
Complete inability to urinate
Constant dribbling of urine
Continuous urine leakage (vesicovaginal)
Decreased bladder sensation
Decreased urine output
Difficulty emptying bladder
Difficulty initiating urination
Difficulty starting urination
Difficulty urinating
Difficulty urinating or incomplete emptying
Difficulty urinating when others are nearby
Discomfort at start or end of urination
Discomfort during intercourse
Double voiding
Dribbling after urination
Dribbling after urination (post-void dribbling)
Dribbling when leaving toilet
Dysuria (painful urination)
Fecaluria (stool in urine - colovesical)
Feeling bladder never empties
Feeling of bladder squeezing
Feeling of urgency to pass urine even when bladder is empty
Feeling the need to urinate often
Fever with UTI
Foamy urine
Frequency - need to pass urine more than 8 times during the day
Frequency of urination day and/or night
Frequent episodes of burning urination
Frequent need to pass small amounts of urine
Frequent small voids
Frequent urge to urinate
Frequent urination
Frequent urination (8+ times daily)
Frequent urination of small amounts
Hematuria
Hesitancy
High bladder pressures
Inability to sense bladder fullness
Inability to urinate
Inability to urinate in public restrooms
Incomplete bladder emptying
Incontinence
Incontinence worse in unfamiliar environments
Incontinence worsens at night
Infrequent urination
Intense urge to urinate
Interrupted urine stream
Involuntary bladder contractions
Involuntary urination during sleep
Involuntary urine loss with urgency
Large urine volumes at night
Leakage before reaching toilet
Leakage during exercise
Leakage during sexual activity
Leakage related to physical limitations
Leakage when laughing
Leakage when lifting heavy objects
Leakage when sneezing
Leakage with coughing, sneezing, exercise
Leaking urine after finishing urination
May wet during daytime naps
Nocturia
Nocturia (nighttime urination)
Nocturia - need to get out of bed at night to pass urine more than once
Nocturnal Enuresis - urinating during sleep
Nocturnal enuresis
Normal bladder capacity
Normal daytime urination
Overflow incontinence
Pain during ejaculation
Pain during intercourse
Pain during intercourse (dyspareunia)
Pain during urination (dysuria)
Pain in urethra or bladder area
Pain or burning when urinating
Pain that worsens as bladder fills
Pain with urination
Pain with urination (sometimes)
Painful urination
Painful urination (dysuria)
Palpable distended bladder
Passing small amounts of urine
Pink, red, or cola-colored urine
Pneumaturia (air in urine)
Post-void dribbling
Pressure or spasms in bladder area
Prolonged urination
Prolonged voiding time
Prolonged waiting to begin urination
Protein in urine (proteinuria)
Recurrent UTIs
Recurrent urinary tract infections
Recurring urgency to urinate
Recurring urinary tract infections
Reduced bladder capacity
Relief after urinating
Repeated cloudy or bloody urine
Sharp pain when urinating
Small frequent voids at night
Spraying of urine
Spraying or split stream
Stinging during urination
Straining to urinate
Stress incontinence
Sudden intense urge to urinate
Sudden need to urinate
Sudden urge to urinate
Sudden urgent need to urinate
Thin, forceful stream
UTI-like symptoms without infection
Upward or deflected urine stream
Urge incontinence
Urgency
Urgency - sudden need to pass urine before reaching a toilet
Urgency to urinate
Urgency to urinate immediately
Urgent need to urinate
Urinary accidents despite normal bladder function
Urinary frequency
Urinary frequency and urgency
Urinary incontinence
Urinary retention
Urinary tract infection
Urinary tract infections
Urinary urgency
Urinary urgency and frequency
Urinating more than 8 times in 24 hours
Urine leakage when coughing
Usually no awareness during episode
Waking at night to urinate
Waking multiple times at night to urinate
Waking multiple times to urinate at night
Weak stream
Weak urinary stream
Weak urine stream
Wet underwear after voiding

Pain & Discomfort

Abdominal or flank pain
Abdominal pain
Back or side pain (if kidney involved)
Back pain
Body aches
Bone pain (advanced)
Burning sensation
Chronic pelvic discomfort
Chronic pelvic pain
Cramping pain in lower abdomen
Dull pain in lower back or abdomen
Feeling of bulge or pressure in vagina
Flank pain
Flank pain (side and back pain)
High blood pressure
Lower abdominal discomfort
Lower abdominal pain
Lower back pain
Pain associated with sexual intercourse
Pain in abdominal, urethral or vaginal area
Pain in genitals or rectum
Pain in lower back
Pain radiating to groin
Pain spreading to lower abdomen
Pain with ejaculation
Painful ejaculation
Painful intercourse
Painful sexual intercourse
Pelvic pain
Pelvic pain in women
Pelvic pain or discomfort
Pelvic pain or pressure
Perineal pain (between scrotum and anus)
Severe flank pain (renal colic)
Severe lower abdominal pain
Severe pelvic pain
Suprapubic discomfort
Tender epididymis
Tender mass along the urethra
Testicular pain
Testicular pain (usually one-sided)
Vaginal bulge or pressure
Vaginal itching or burning

Other Symptoms

Autonomic dysreflexia (injuries above T6)
Bloating
Blood in semen
Constipation or straining
Daytime fatigue
Dehydration from fluid restriction
Dependence on others for toileting
Difficulty returning to sleep
Difficulty with bowel movements
Discharge from urethra
Disrupted sleep
Disrupted sleep patterns
Disruption of daily activities
Embarrassing wet spots
Erectile dysfunction
Fatigue
Fatigue and generally feeling unwell
Fatigue and malaise
Fatigue from recurring infections
Feeling of incomplete emptying
Feeling of something falling out
Fever
Fever (if infected)
Fever and chills (if infection spreads to kidneys)
High fever and chills
Hydronephrosis on ultrasound
Incomplete emptying
Itching or irritation
Kidney damage
Mild fever and chills
Nausea
Nausea and vomiting
Often asymptomatic
Often asymptomatic in early stages
Palpable abdominal mass (in infants)
Physical tension in pelvic floor muscles
Poor weight gain (infants)
Prenatal hydronephrosis
Racing thoughts about being observed
Restlessness and distress
Rushing to bathroom
Scrotal swelling
Sensation of something falling out
Sexual difficulties
Small volumes each time
Straining
Sweating
Swelling (edema)
Swelling of penis tip
Unable to reach toilet in time
Unexplained weight loss
Urethral discharge
Vaginal discharge
Vaginal dryness
Wetting the bed at night

All Conditions

Acute Bacterial Prostatitis: Emergency guide to acute prostatitis - severe prostate infection requiring urgent IV antibiotics. Symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
Acute Urinary Retention: Acute urinary retention is a medical emergency. Learn causes, symptoms, catheterization treatment, and when to seek emergency care.
Atrophic Vaginitis and Urinary Symptoms: Learn about genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM) - causes, symptoms including recurrent UTIs and urinary urgency, diagnosis, and effective treatments.
Bacterial Cystitis: Bacterial cystitis causes painful urination and urgency. Learn symptoms, causes, antibiotic treatment, and when to see a doctor.
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH): Learn about BPH (enlarged prostate) - symptoms, causes, diagnosis, and treatments including medications and surgical options.
Bladder Cancer: Learn about bladder cancer symptoms, types, staging, and treatments including TURBT, BCG therapy, and cystectomy. Early detection saves lives.
Bladder Diverticulum: Bladder diverticulum causes, symptoms, and treatment. Learn about these bladder wall pouches that can lead to infections, stones, and cancer.
Bladder Neck Obstruction: Learn about bladder neck obstruction: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options for this condition affecting urine flow.
Bladder Spasms: Bladder spasms cause sudden painful contractions and urinary urgency. Learn causes, symptoms, and treatments for relief.
Bladder Stones: Bladder stones form from mineral buildup in urine that doesn't empty completely. Learn symptoms, causes, and treatment options.
Chronic Prostatitis and Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: Chronic prostatitis (CP/CPPS) causes persistent pelvic pain and urinary symptoms. Learn about diagnosis, UPOINT treatment, and management strategies.
Cystitis: Cystitis is bladder inflammation with multiple causes. Learn about types, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment options.
Cystocele (Bladder Prolapse): Learn about cystocele causes, symptoms, grading, and treatment options including pelvic floor exercises, pessaries, and surgical repair.
Detrusor Underactivity: Detrusor underactivity causes incomplete bladder emptying due to weak muscle contractions. Learn symptoms, causes, diagnosis, and treatment options.
Diabetic Bladder Dysfunction: Learn about diabetic cystopathy symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options for better bladder control with diabetes.
Dysuria (Painful Urination): Learn about dysuria causes, from UTIs to STIs, diagnosis methods, and effective treatments for painful or burning urination.
Enuresis (Bedwetting): Learn about enuresis causes, when bedwetting needs treatment, and effective options including alarms and medication for children and adults.
Epididymitis: Epididymitis causes testicular pain and swelling. Learn about STI and bacterial causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and antibiotic treatment options.
Frequent Urination: Learn about frequent urination causes, from overactive bladder to diabetes. Expert guidance on diagnosis, treatment options, and when to see a doctor.
Functional Incontinence: Learn about functional incontinence - urinary leakage caused by mobility or cognitive barriers, not bladder dysfunction. Includes management strategies.
Glomerulonephritis: Glomerulonephritis is kidney inflammation affecting the filtering units. Learn about IgA nephropathy, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options.
Hematuria (Blood in Urine): Blood in urine causes, diagnosis, and treatment. Learn when hematuria requires urgent evaluation and what tests to expect.
Hemorrhagic Cystitis: Learn about hemorrhagic cystitis—bladder bleeding from chemotherapy, viruses, or radiation—including severity grades, symptoms, and treatment.
Hydronephrosis: Hydronephrosis occurs when urine backs up into the kidney, causing swelling. Learn about causes, symptoms, grades, and treatment options.
Interstitial Cystitis / Painful Bladder Syndrome: Interstitial cystitis causes chronic bladder pain, urgency, and frequency. Learn about IC symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments.
Ketamine Bladder (Ketamine Cystitis): Ketamine bladder causes severe bladder damage from ketamine use. Learn about symptoms, treatment options, and recovery potential.
Kidney Stones: Kidney stones cause severe pain and affect 10% of people. Learn about types, symptoms, treatments like lithotripsy, and prevention strategies.
Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS): Understand LUTS: storage, voiding, and post-micturition symptoms. Learn causes, diagnosis, and treatments for these common bladder problems.
Meatal Stenosis: Meatal stenosis causes a narrowed urethral opening. Learn causes, symptoms in boys and men, and treatments including meatotomy.
Mixed Urinary Incontinence: Mixed urinary incontinence combines stress and urge symptoms. Learn about causes, diagnosis, and combined treatment approaches.
Neurogenic Bladder: Learn about neurogenic bladder causes, symptoms, and treatments. Expert guidance on managing bladder dysfunction from nerve damage.
Nocturia (Nighttime Urination): Nocturia causes frequent nighttime urination. Learn about symptoms, causes, diagnosis, and treatments to reduce bathroom trips and improve sleep.
Nocturnal Polyuria: Learn about nocturnal polyuria - excessive nighttime urine production. Causes, diagnosis with voiding diaries, and treatment with desmopressin.
Overactive Bladder: Overactive bladder causes sudden, frequent urges to urinate. Learn about OAB symptoms, causes, diagnosis, and effective treatments.
Overactive Bladder in Men: Learn about OAB in men, how it differs from BPH, diagnostic methods, and treatment options for male overactive bladder.
Overactive Bladder in Women: OAB in women: female-specific causes, hormonal factors, pregnancy considerations, and treatment options tailored to women's health needs.
Overflow Incontinence: Overflow incontinence causes constant dribbling from an overfull bladder. Learn causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options.
Painful Bladder Syndrome: Painful bladder syndrome causes chronic bladder pain, pressure, and urinary urgency. Learn symptoms, causes, diagnosis, and treatments.
Paruresis (Shy Bladder Syndrome): Learn about paruresis causes, symptoms, and treatments including graduated exposure therapy and CBT for shy bladder syndrome.
Pelvic Floor Dysfunction: Pelvic floor dysfunction causes urinary, bowel, and sexual problems. Learn symptoms, causes, diagnosis, exercises, and treatment options.
Pelvic Organ Prolapse: Learn about pelvic organ prolapse types, symptoms, and treatments including pessaries and surgery.
Post-Void Dribbling: Post-void dribbling causes involuntary urine leakage after urinating. Learn about causes, the urethral milking technique, and treatments.
Prostate Cancer: Learn about prostate cancer symptoms, PSA screening, Gleason grading, treatment options from active surveillance to surgery, and prognosis.
Pyelonephritis (Kidney Infection): Learn about pyelonephritis symptoms, causes, and treatment. Kidney infections require prompt antibiotic therapy to prevent serious complications.
Radiation Cystitis: Learn about radiation cystitis - bladder damage from pelvic cancer treatment, symptoms, and management options.
Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections: Learn about recurrent UTIs: causes, risk factors, diagnosis, prevention strategies, and treatment options for repeated bladder infections.
Spinal Cord Injury Bladder Dysfunction: Learn about neurogenic bladder after spinal cord injury, including types, symptoms, catheterization, and management to protect kidney health.
Stress Urinary Incontinence: Learn about stress urinary incontinence causes, pelvic floor exercises, treatment options, and when to see a specialist for bladder leakage.
Trigonitis: Trigonitis causes UTI-like symptoms without infection. Learn about diagnosis, causes, treatment, and how it relates to bladder pain syndrome.
Ureterocele: Learn about ureterocele, a congenital condition where the ureter balloons at the bladder opening. Symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options.
Urethral Diverticulum: Urethral diverticulum causes recurrent UTIs, painful urination, and post-void dribbling. Learn about diagnosis with MRI and surgical treatment options.
Urethral Stricture: Urethral stricture causes narrowing of the urethra from scar tissue. Learn symptoms, causes, and treatment options including urethroplasty.
Urethritis: Urethritis causes urethral inflammation, often from STIs. Learn symptoms, gonococcal vs non-gonococcal types, diagnosis, and treatment.
Urge Urinary Incontinence: Urge incontinence causes sudden, intense urges to urinate followed by involuntary leakage. Learn about causes, diagnosis, and treatment options.
Urinary Fistula: Urinary fistulas are abnormal connections between the urinary tract and other organs. Learn about types, causes, symptoms, and surgical treatment.
Urinary Retention: Urinary retention prevents complete bladder emptying. Learn causes, symptoms, and treatments for acute and chronic retention.
Urinary Tract Infection (UTI): Learn about UTI symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment options, and prevention strategies for urinary tract infections.
Vesicoureteral Reflux (VUR): Learn about vesicoureteral reflux, when urine flows backward from bladder to kidneys. Covers VUR grades, diagnosis, treatment options, and kidney protection.