How Is Urinary Incontinence Treated in Women?
Physical therapy, exercise or surgery can be used to treat urinary incontinence in women. In this video, Patricia Geragthy, NP describes the test needed to determine the type of treatment that is right for you.
Transcript
Well, first is an assessment to see exactly what kind of urinary incontinence is occurring.
That would include a simple physical exam, but it also might include voiding exams, where
we see how well do you void, and is there any urine left afterwards. And then based on that data, often physical therapy
and exercises are all that is required. But of course, that, sort of, all that is required,
those exercises require that you keep up with them and do them. In some cases, if we have actual changes in the structure,
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