Urinary incontinence is the involuntary leakage of urine. Prevalence of urinary incontinence in entire population ranges upto 45%.
The different types of urinary incontinence include:
Risk Factors:
Women – Pregnancy, Prolonged labour, Pelvic surgeries, Pelvic floor weakness,
UTI
Constipation – Impacted stools
Neurological problems
Obstruction – Examples are BPH in men and Urethral meatal stenosis in women
Evaluation – Needs to be tailored to each case. Evaluation would range from a simple urinanalysis to advance tests like urodynamics and endourological evaluations depending on the case.
Treatment :
Medicines – Antimuscarinics
Physiotherapy – Kegel’s exercise, Pelvic floor strengthening
Injection Botox
Biofeedback
Sacral neuromodulation
Surgical repair of Pelvic floor / Transobturator taping / Travnsvaginal taping / Bladder capacity enahancemntetc..
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