About Urinary Problems🔗

Incontinence is a common and embarrassing problem that causes leakage of urine or fecal matter. Though incontinence is usually a treatable medical condition, many times it goes unreported thereby increasing the impact on one’s quality of life. Urination is controlled by muscles, nerves, the brain and the spinal cord. A physical examination is recommended to look for a history of straining, discomfort, recent surgery or illness, poor reflexes or sensations, drug use, stool impaction, or tumors blocking urinary tract all of which might point to nerve-related cause. Often a test for bladder capacity or residual urine showing weakness in muscles is suggested.

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The most common forms are stress incontinence which appears in women as a result of damage during childbirth or activities with increased abdominal pressure like coughing, lifting or sneezing. Urge incontinence results from contractions of detrusor muscles and insufficient warning which causes large leakage of urine. Athletic incontinence may develop with frequent high-impact activities. Exercise strengthening the pelvic floor muscles, bladder training or biofeedback is helpful to alleviate conditions. Incontinence in children is known as enuresis and it usually stops by age 5. Incontinence affects older men over 40 more often, especially those with an enlarged prostate. Prostate cancer or the drugs used may also cause incontinence.