Urinary Incontinence

Saturday, December 19th, 2009 at 3:59 pm

male incontinence There is a common and distressing problem with regards to the human life which is “Urinary Incontinence” this is nothing but involuntary urination or defecation. This is medically treatable and moreover, with the enhancement of technology in medical sciences there are several medicines for different diseases as well. This is commonly found both in men and women but has different variations as it can be a permanent or a temporary condition depending on the cause.

Male Urinary Incontinence can have several causes –for example

    Head Injury / Spinal Cord Injury
    Multiple Sclerosis / Parkinson’s disease
    Serious Urinary Infections like tract infection continence etc.

There are different types of Male Urinary Incontinence which most have medicines to cure. Some of them are listed below-

•    Stress Incontinence
•    Urge Incontinence
•    Overflow Incontinence
•    Functional Incontinence

The best idea is to contact your family doctor who can be your perfect guide to cure these diseases because sometimes a small diagnosis can also cure the problem. Following are some of the symptoms for Male Urinary Incontinence. This includes loss of urine while…

•    You are asleep
•    You have weak urine stream
•    Stream which stops and suddenly starts during urination etc.

Another Kind of incontinence which is majorly found is Urinary Stress Incontinence. Stress Incontinence is something wherein without your knowledge, a small amount of urine is released when you cough, laugh, strain, lift or change your posture etc. This is common in men who had their prostate gland removed or there was damage to the external bladder. And this Urinary Stress Incontinence is majorly found in women than men and this is more often seen with many women who have had multiple pregnancies, obesity, women who smoke often etc. We can infer that the Urinary Incontinence in Women is a bit higher than men as it depends upon the stress and strain the women undergo. In addition, it is found that the Urinary Incontinence in Women is majorly found in Older Women than the younger ones. Obesity is another issue which most of the women face these days and this can also be one of the reasons for Urinary Incontinence. This can actually go worse in women during the week of menstrual periods. The first thing of prevention is to consult a doctor. An urologist who has specialization in the urinary tract or who has further specialization in the female urinary tract is more advisable to consult. There are also certain exercises which can also prevent from Urinary Incontinence.

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