Incontinence in women

Urinary incontinence (UI) is any involuntary leakage of urine. It's common and distressing problem, which may have a profound impact on life.

Different types of incontinence:-

1) Stress Incontinence
Stress urinary incontinence (SUI), also known as effort incontinence, is due essentially to insufficient strength of the pelvic floor muscles. It is the loss of small amounts of urine.

2) Urge Incontinence
Urge incontinence is involuntary loss of urine occurring for no apparent reason while suddenly feeling the need or urge to urinate.

3) Functional Incontinence
Functional incontinence occurs when a person recognizes the need to urinate, but cannot physically make it to the bathroom in time due to limited mobility. The urine loss may be large.

4) Overflow Incontinence
Sometimes people find that they cannot stop their bladders from constantly dribbling, or continuing to dribble for some time after they have passed urine. It is as if their bladders were like a constantly overflowing pan - hence the general name overflow incontinence.

5) Structural Incontinence
Rarely, structural problems can cause incontinence, usually diagnosed in childhood.

It can be reduced by

1) Weight loss
2) Medications
3) Surgery
4)Absorbent products.