Urinary Incontinence

When caring for someone with urinary incontinence, it is important to make sure that the underlying cause of the incontinence is taken care of. You can also help them with various treatments and remedies, depending on the reasons behind their... Full Answer

For both urge incontinence and stress incontinence, you can strengthen pelvic muscles with Kegel exercises to retrain your bladder muscles how and when to contract properly. Also ask your doctor about medications to ease muscle contractions. You... Full Answer

Incontinence is classified by both causes and symptoms. The two most common types are called urge incontinence and stress incontinence, which can present separately or in combination: Urge incontinence, also called “bladder instability” or... Full Answer

The artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) is an implantable device used to treat stress incontinence in men. There are three components:  a fluid filled reservoir roughly the size of a golf ball that is implanted in the groin area next to the bladder;... Full Answer

A sling operation is currently the most effective therapy for significant stress urinary incontinence in women due to weakness of the urethral sphincter. This procedure requires less than an hour of operative time and can be done as an outpatient.... Full Answer

Surgical procedures for restoring continence can be performed through an abdominal incision, laparoscopically, or through a vaginal approach. The most reliable of these procedures in women are the Burch colpocystourethropexy and the pubovaginal sling.... Full Answer

Incontinence is the involuntary leakage of urine from the bladder, which can affect both men and women in any age group, but is more common in women and the elderly. As the population ages, the number of people suffering bladder control problems is... Full Answer

Even though 1 in 4 women over 40 suffer from some type of urinary incontinence, most are too embarrassed to talk about it. Whether it's leaking a little when you laugh too hard, being unable to hold it until you reach the bathroom, or spraying instead of... Full Answer

Here are five ways to stop the flow for better bladder control: Do Kegels. This exercise strengthens the pelvic floor and sphincter muscles, which helps more than 80% of women with stress incontinence (the leak-when-you-sneeze type) stay dryer.... Full Answer

Call your doctor if: You have urinary incontinence that begins suddenly. This is called acute incontinence. It is often caused by urinary tract problems or medicines and can be easily corrected. The involuntary release of urine is enough of a problem... Full Answer