Question 1

how is urinary incontinence fully treated?

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Meds surgery & rehab: The  first step in incontinence treatment is the correct diagnosis of type and cause. Then a treatment plan can be created consisting of medication, rehab, surgery or a combination of all three. A test called urodynamics can help determine the cause and help create the treatment plan.

Question 2

can urinary incontinence be totally cured?

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Depends: Incontinence is a symptom.  Finding a "cure" means idenfying the problem and correcting the problem.   The problem could be a medication or dietary irritant causing urgency and incontinence associated with it.  Or the problem could be a nerve problem related to back surgery. So the cure is really based on what the problem is and identification of the problem is often times the challenging part.

Question 3

what are the tests for urinary incontinence?

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Urodynamics: And a pelvic exam.

Question 4

what exactly is urinary incontinence in women?

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Urine leakage: Urinary incontinence (ui) is the unintended loss of urine or urine leakage. The most common types of ui in women are stress (sui)  and urge incontinence (uui). Sui is leakage associated w/ physical stress on the bladder, such as cough, sneeze, jump, lifting & causes are weak ligaments and muscles around the bladder opening. Uui occurs with an urge & leakage starts before one is seated on toilet.

Question 5

what's the remedy for urinary incontinence?

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Tvt sling : Is the gold standard. Diet and kegels can help too.

Question 6

what are my options for urinary incontinence surgeries?

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Depends: There are many different types or causes of urinary incontinence.  Some are treated with medications. Some are treated with surgery.  You should have your symptoms evaluated with urodynamics to help you decide on a course of treatment.

Question 7

what does stress urinary incontinence mean?

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Leakage of urine : When intra abdominal pressure is increased from cough, laugh this causes leakage of urine in some individuals and this is called stress incontinence.

Question 8

what can be used to prevent urinary incontinence?

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Kegels: Kegel exercises which contract the muscles used to start and stop the urine stream increase the strength of the pelvic floor muscles which support the bladder.  This helps prevent the most common type of incontinence where control is lost with an increase in abdominal pressure (such as with a cough or sneeze) called stress incontinence.

Question 9

how can i stop leaking from urinary incontinence?

Accepted Answer

Urodynamics: We do a urodynamic test on all women reporting urinary incontinence that is bothersome. Frequently there is anatomic problems from childbearing that are mixed with bladder muscle spasm as the cause. The anatomy can be fixed, yet muscle problems may remain. They respond to physical therapy, neocontrol treatment. Medications can help but only treat symptoms rather than fixing the problem.

Question 10

which are good  treatments for  urinary incontinence?

Accepted Answer

Depends on the type: You may have stress incontinence, which happens when you cough or sneeze.  You may be able to improve your symptoms by cutting back on caffeine and doing kegel exercises.  You may have urge incontinence, that you feel the urge and then your bladder just empties.  This is often improved with medication.  You may have urethral hypermobility which is easily treated in the office with renessa.

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