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Urinary incontinence - what to ask your doctorWhat to ask your doctor about urinary incontinence; Stress urinary incontinence; Urge urinary incontinenceYou have urinary incontinence. This means that you are not able to keep urine from leaking from your urethra, the tube that carries urine out of your body from your bladder. Urinary incontinence may occur as you get older. It can also develop after a surgery or childbirth. There are different types of incontinence. Your health care provider will evaluate your type of incontinence and recommend appropriate diagnosis and treatment. You can do many things to help keep urinary incontinence from affecting your daily life.Urinary incontinenceUrinary (or bladder) incontinence occurs when you are not able to keep urine from leaking out of your urethra. The urethra is the tube that carries ...Read Article Now Book Mark Article Related video goes here for no-HTML5 browsersQuestionsWhat can I do to help protect my skin? How do I wash? Are there creams or ointments I can use? What can I do about odor?How can I protect the mattress on my bed? What should I use to clean a mattress?How much water or liquids should I drink every day?Which foods or liquids can make my urinary incontinence worse?Are there activities I should avoid that may cause problems with urine control?How can I train my bladder to help avoid having symptoms?Are there exercises I can do to help with my urinary incontinence? What are Kegel exercises?Kegel exercisesKegel exercises can help make the pelvic floor muscles under the uterus, bladder, and bowel (large intestine) stronger. They can help both men and w...Read Article Now Book Mark Article What can I do when I want to exercise? Are there exercises that may make my urinary incontinence worse?Are there products available that can help?ProductsIf you have problems with urinary incontinence (leakage), wearing special products will keep you dry and help you avoid embarrassing situations....Read Article Now Book Mark Article Are there medicines or drugs that I can take to help? What are the side effects?What tests can be done to find the cause of incontinence?Are there surgeries or other procedures that can help fix my urinary incontinence?Surgeries or other proceduresInjectable implants are injections of material into the wall of the urethra to help control urine leakage (urinary incontinence) caused by a weak uri...Read Article Now Book Mark Article Open ReferencesReferencesNewman DK, Burgio KL. Conservative management of urinary incontinence: behavioral and pelvic floor therapy and urethral and pelvic devices. In: Partin AW, Dmochowski RR, Kavoussi LR, Peters CA, eds. Campbell-Walsh-Wein Urology. 12th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2021:chap 121.Resnick NM, DuBeau CE. Urinary incontinence. In: Goldman L, Cooney KA, eds. Goldman-Cecil Medicine. 27th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2024:chap 115.
