Question 1

are there neurologic causes of stress incontinence?

Accepted Answer

Absolutely: A number of conditions from stroke, parkinsons, multiple sclerosis, spinal stenosis, neuropathy, spinal cord injury, spina bifida and pelvic nerve injury can cause incontinence. While neurologic conditions are commonly thought to lead to overactive bladder or bladder spasm, the nerve supply to the urethra can be damaged, leaving the bladder weak and causing stress leakage.

Question 2

what causes stress incontinence?

Accepted Answer

Depend...: Incontinence can be urge, stress, or mixed, or can be fecal or urinary. Here, let's talk about stress urinary incontinence (SUI) only - resulting from weakened urinary sphincter which is usually related with childbirth, pelvic surgery, aging, etc. in females and with prostate surgery in males.

Question 3

what is stress incontinence caused by?

Accepted Answer

Weak pelvic floor: Muscular support allowing stress urinary incontinence causes wetting with coughing, sneezing etc), which can increase after childbirth or after menopause when ovaries stop producing estrogen and bladder neck and urethral lining thins out. Cystocele where bladder tends to prolapse into vagina. Uterine prolapse. Fistula between bladder and vagina. Many women are incontinent with urinary infections.

Question 4

what causes stress incontinence in women ?

Accepted Answer

Various factors: Stress incontinence is losing urine without meaning to during physical activity, such as coughing, sneezing, laughing, or exercise. Stress incontinence may occur from weakened pelvic muscles that support the bladder and urethra or because the urethral sphincter is not working correctly. This could be caused by: childbirth, medications, obesity, smoking. Stress incont. Is much more common in women.

Question 5

what antidepressants cause urinary retention? i have stress incontinence.

Accepted Answer

Incontinence: Any antidepressants that exhibit blocking properties of the peripheral nervous system can impact the organs attached to them especially the tricyclics antidepressannts such as elavil (amitriptyline). The other such notriptylline and imipramine. An ekg is always good to have since these antidepressants can impact the rate and rhymin of the heart.  There are newer agents for your conditiom.

Question 6

can masturbating too often (for years on end) cause stress incontinence and/or bph? i know i have the first one and i suspect the second.

Accepted Answer

No such relationship: Masturbating is not harmful and has no long term harms like you have listed. If you have problems with urine control you have to look for another cause. if it is bothersome, you should seek advice from a urologist.

Question 7

good evening doctors. what may cause or contribute to urinary stress incontinence and sudden unexpected very small leakage of urine out of my control?

Accepted Answer

: There are many causes for stress incontinence e.g. cystocele ( dropped bladder) certain conditions of the outer urinary tube (urethra). Best is to see a Urologist for diagnosis and management. Good luck

Question 8

hello
i am a 24 year old girl(single)
that have had morning stiffness for years and also stress incontinence, the problem is that loud noise and stress causes incontince, could you please talk about probable reason?

Accepted Answer

RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: Am stiffness is a sx of ra. Stress incontinence  happens when you have a gyne problem. Please be checked for both  conditions.

Question 9

what antidepressants cause difficult urination? i have stress incontinence! (i am being serious)

Accepted Answer

Cymbalta (duloxetine): But difficult urination and stress incontinence are the opposite in many ways.

Question 10

can a spinal tumor filling the left half of thecal sac at l4 cause flares of pain in lower left pelvis along with exacerbations of stress incontinence and gi problems but no weakness in left leg?

Accepted Answer

Yes it can.: More likely the spinal tumor affected d sensory and not the motor (muscular) function of the spinal nerve.Follow up with your orthopedic or neurosurgeon. Take care and god bless u!                                                http://www.Mayoclinic.Com/health/spinal-tumor/ds00594.

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What antidepressants cause urinary retention? i have stress incontinence.

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Can masturbating too often (for years on end) cause stress incontinence and/or bph? i know i have the first one and i suspect the second.

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Good evening doctors. what may cause or contribute to urinary stress incontinence and sudden unexpected very small leakage of urine out of my control?

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Hello i am a 24 year old girl(single) that have had morning stiffness for years and also stress incontinence, the problem is that loud noise and stress causes incontince, could you please talk about probable reason?

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What antidepressants cause difficult urination? i have stress incontinence! (i am being serious)

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Can a spinal tumor filling the left half of thecal sac at l4 cause flares of pain in lower left pelvis along with exacerbations of stress incontinence and gi problems but no weakness in left leg?

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