Because of the stigma that surrounds it, many people are too humiliated to seek help.
But most conditions that cause UI can be corrected with medical or alternative interventions.
UI itself is not a disease, but it can be a symptom of an underlying medical issue.
This is because there is less muscle keeping the urine in your bladder until you are ready to urinate.
This often occurs during exercise, heavy lifting, coughing, sneezing, or laughing.
Stress incontinence is the most common bladder control problem in young and middle-aged women.
In middle-aged women, stress incontinence may begin to be a problem at menopause.
In some cases, urge incontinence may be an earlysign of bladder cancer.
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Being FemaleWomen experience stress incontinence twice as often as men.
Men, on the other hand, are at greater risk for urge and overflow incontinence.
Even though incontinence is more common in older people, it is not considered a normal part of aging.
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How Is Urinary Incontinence Diagnosed?
Urinary incontinence is easy to recognize.
The primary symptom most people experience is an involuntary release of urine.
This may include any episodes of incontinence or urgency issues.
A urine culture can assess for infection; urine cytology looks for cancer cells.
Blood TestsBlood tests can look for chemicals and substances that may relate to conditions causing incontinence.
A large amount of residual urine in the bladder suggests overflow incontinence.
CystoscopyThis procedure uses a thin tube with a tiny lens and a light at one end called acystoscope.
Prognosis of Urinary Incontinence
UI is usually curable, and if not, then controllable.
Depending on the cause, however, not all UI cases are chronic.
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Treatment and Medication Options for Urinary Incontinence
There are many ways to treat UI.
Your healthcare professional will help you tailor a treatment plan that is directed at the underlying cause.
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Sacral nerve stimulation is sometimes used to treat overactive bladder.
This treatment involves a surgical procedure that implants a small machine below the skin of the buttock.
This stops urine leakage and incontinence because of a weak sphincter muscle.
In most cases, a physician will try the simplest treatment approach before resorting to medication or surgery.
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Bladder Habit TrainingThis is the first approach for treating most incontinence issues.
The goal is to establish a regular urination schedule with set intervals between urination.
A doctor will usually recommend urinating at one-hour intervals and gradually increasing the intervals between urination over time.
It may take weeks or months of regular pelvic exercise to show improvement.
Another way to perform Kegel exercises is to interrupt the flow of urine for several seconds while urinating.
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