Learn More About Urinary Incontinence
Urinary incontinence is defined as bothersome urinary leakage causing a social or hygiene problem. It is a common condition which, although rarely life threatening, is embarrassing and distressing, and may severely affect your quality of life.
Incontinence may be quite mild: the occasional leaking of small amounts of urine which does not cause embarrassment and which would therefore not be considered a problem. Or it can be very severe and may lead to people constantly having to wear pads to stay dry, avoiding normal activities such as sport or worrying about people noticing the smell of urine.
The causes of incontinence are varied, and some are easily corrected – just as constipation can easily be cured with a better diet or a urinary infection with antibiotics. Others may require surgery or long-term medication. Incontinence is a common problem and it leads to a range of symptoms. Women are often reluctant to seek help. There is a great deal of help available from incontinence products advice to.
Who is affected?
Urinary incontinence is most commonly found in women who have had children but it can also affect children, men and women without children. Urinary Incontinence is estimated to affect around 2.5 – 3 million women in Britain alone. However this figure is probably an estimate because there may be many women too embarrassed actually to admit that they have a problem. Some studies suggest that up to 30% of women may be affected after pregnancy and childbirth.
Symptoms
As well as leakage, there are a range of other symptoms of incontinence and bladder problems. You may have to pass urine more often than usual, which is known as frequency, and it may be painful or difficult to pass urine (dysuria). You may have a sudden and uncontrollable desire to pass urine. This is called urgency, and can lead to leakage if you don’t reach a toilet in time. These are all common symptoms of cystitis, an inflammation of the bladder. You may have to get up in the middle of the night more often than normal to pass urine – which is known as nocturia, or you may have difficulties in emptying your bladder (voiding problems). You may have the sensation of wanting to pass urine but being unable to do so, on demand, or you may suffer from hesitancy, which is a period of delay before you begin to pass urine.
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