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A Quick Guide on Urinary Incontenance.

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What is Urinary Incontinence?

Urinary incontinence is a health condition in which an individual loses control over bladder or experiences unintentionally or involuntary urinary leakage. Urinary Incontenance is not a rare problem, it is rather very common. People having incontinence can be found in all age groups, occupations and sexes. Urinary incontenence is also common problem in many women and have this problem about once a week or more often.

Urinary incontenence is differentiated by three major types: Stress incontinence, Urge incontinence and Overflow incontinence. Of these three the two most commonly observed types of urinary incontinence are stress Incontenance and urge incontinence.

In stress incontinence a individual experiences leakage of urine when he indulges in any activity that causes stress or pressure on the bladder. Person with normal health doesn't tends to leak urine while coughing, lifting any weight, sneezing, laughing or exercising but in stress incontinance urine leakage takes place. This form of urinary incontinence is caused by loosening and stretching of the abdominal muscles which result in a loss of bladder support. Stress incontinence is usually treated with medicines or by applying electrical stimulation to muscles which control bladder.

Urge incontenence is a form of urinary incontinence in which a individual experiences leakage of urine before he can reach the bathroom. One is not able to hold the urine till he gets to the bathroom. The individual may have frequent urges to urinate during the day as well as during the night. The cause of urge incontinance is believed to be involuntary contractions of the bladder muscles. There can be many underlying causes such as diabetes, strokes, Parkinson's disease and urinary tract infections.

Urinary incontinence which occurs due to causes outside the urinary tract is referred to as transient incontinence. Certain drugs such as sedatives have been known to cause aged people to get confused and urinate in bed. Another type of incontinence occurs when without any warning the bladder leaks or overflows. Mixed incontinence is said to occur when stress and urge incontinence both are the underlying cause.

Urinary Incontinence Treatment:

Urinary incontinence is a treatable condition. But for the treatment to take effect it is important to have proper  diagnosis and evaluation done prior to treatment.

Different types of treatments are available for controlling and curing urinary incontinance such as urinary inserts,  pessaries, bio feedback, exercises like kegel, vaginal weights, electrical stimulation, surgery and medicine. Some of these treatment options may have side effects. Best urinary treatments depends upon the affected individual and proper diagnosis.

Surgery: Surgery for urinary incontience treatment is mostly used only after all other types of treatments have shown no benefit. There are different types of surgeries which can be done, based upon the type of urinary incontinence problem the patient is having. Through surgery bladder is raised or lifted to the normal position. Some other types of surgeries use implants which are intended to help better bladder functioning.

Bladder Training: Urinary incontinence is also treated with physical therapy. With physical therapy urinary bladder is trained to make it hold urine better. This is also known as bladder training.

Medicines: With prescribed medications one can reduce different types of leakages. Medicines work by tightening or strengthening abdominal muscles and muscles around the urethra. Some drugs have the potential to calm bladder muscles which are overactive. Estrogen hormone is believed to cause normal bladder functioning.

Urinary incontinence treatment with muscle conditioning, bladder training and bio feedback is capable of changing the schedule of bladder movements such as storing and emptying urine. These procedures have been observed to be effective for urge incontinance and overflow incontinence types.