Incontinence

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Overview
Incontinence, bladder leakage, or loss of bladder control is a common problem. Ranging from occasional leakage when you sneeze to an intense urge to urinate that is uncontrollable. If you suffer from incontinence or bladder leakage, you know how frustrating and difficult it can be. Help for managing and treating urinary incontinence is available. If incontinence is compromising your enjoyment of life, UroCare Specialist can diagnose the cause and provide you with treatment options.
Symptoms
• Leaking urine when coughing, sneezing, laughing, or exercising.
• Feeling sudden, uncontrollable urges to urinate.
• Frequent urination.
• Waking up many times at night to urinate
.• Urinating during sleep.

Types of urinary incontinence include::

• Urge incontinence: An intense need to urinate that is difficult to delay, often caused by an overactive bladder.

• Stress incontinence: Often caused by activities such as sneezing, coughing, running, and jumping.

• Overflow incontinence: The bladder doesn’t completely empty resulting in small amounts of urine leaking out over time rather than one sudden gush.

• Mixed incontinence: A combination of problems such as stress incontinence and an overactive bladder.

When You Gotta Go - Incontinence Happens

Causes
An estimated 15 million men and women in the United States suffer from accidental bladder leakage. Incontinence is more common in women than in men and tends to worsen with age. Regardless of the cause, incontinence can rob you of your confidence and cause you to limit or avoid physical and social activities you used to enjoy.

In females, incontinence is frequently associated with past pregnancies or pelvic surgery. The strain of carrying and delivering a baby or undergoing pelvic surgery such as hysterectomy can weaken the muscles that close off the bladder. For men, a variety of issues may contribute to incontinence, but it is often related to treatment for prostate problems. In other cases, the bladder muscles or nerves become overactive, causing a strong urge to urinate even when there is little urine in the bladder.

Incontinence Care at UroCare Specialist

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Treatments & Procedures for Incontinence
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