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Types of Incontinence

Types of urinary incontinence


    Stress Incontinence :

    This phenomenon is nothing but a slight leakage of urine every time you put physical stress on your bladder. This may happen when you exercise, sneezing loudly, laugh too hard, jumping, or coughing. Any activity that places slight pressure on your bladder can result in some dripping of urine since your bladder is unable to hold it in such situations. The urethra and bladder are supported by the pelvic floor muscles, which contract during coughing, sneezing and exercise to prevent leakage. Weakness in the muscles or damage to the bladder neck support can result in leakage. Stress incontinence is more common than it seems, although the intensity of it varies from individual to individual.

    Urge Incontinence :

    Urge incontinence doesn’t have you peeing yourself every time you feel the urge to do so. In fact, it is quite the opposite. In urge incontinence, one finds themselves in a constant urge to pee almost all the time, although not necessarily wetting themselves. In other words, they need to be aware of where exactly the restroom is and not venture far enough lest they wet their pants. This restricts plenty of activities for them since most of their time and energy is spent trying to cater to this urge of urinating 2-3 times every hour.
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