Gynaecologist
Fertility IVF Specialist
Urogynaecologist
Incontinence
- Underdiagnosed and underreported. Many think of incontinence as social stigma.
- 50-70 % of women with urinary incontinence fail to seek medical evaluation and treatment.
- Of individuals with urinary incontinence, only 5% in the general community and 2% in nursing homes receive appropriate medical evaluation and treatment.
- Patients with urinary incontinence often endure this condition for 6-9 years before seeking medical therapy.
- Stress incontinence affects 15-60% of women. It is a disorder that affects both young and elderly individuals. For example, more than one fourth of nulliparous young college athletes experience stress incontinence when participating in sports.
Urinary Incontnence?
- Is loss of urine
- It is underdiagnosed
- It is underreported
- Some think of it as social stigma
- 50-70% of women with urinary incontinence fail to seek medical evaluation and treatment.
- Of individuals with urinary incontinence only 5% in the general community receive appropriate medical evaluation and treatment
- Patients with urinary incontinence often endure this condition for 6-9 years before seeking medical therapy
Types
Stress incontinence
- Is the involuntary leakage of urine during exercise, coughing, sneezing, laughing or lifting.
- Stress incontinence affects women of all ages.
- It is the problem in 3/4 of adult incontinent patients.
- It is most frequent in women after menopause
Urge incontinence [Overactive bladder]
- Bladder dysfunction where the need to void is so sudden that loss of urine occurs before the patient makes it to the toilet.
- It occurs typically in elderly women after menopause, but also in young women.
- Urge incontinence may be caused by Parkinson's disease, stroke, or multiple sclerosis
- In most cases there is no apparent cause.
Mixed incontinence
- Is the combination of the two types
Overflow incontinence
- Can occurs after surgery or Accidents. The urge to empty bladder is not there when the bladder is full. The bladder simply overflows with a small urine leak.
Reflex incontinence
- Rarely occur in women