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Do i need a prolapse to have stress incontinence?

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Dr. George Klauber answered

Specializes in Pediatric Urology

Not necessarily: Uro-gynecologist, gynecologist with expertise in stress urinary incontinence or urologist shoukld be able to diagnose ; treat. Majority of sui patients to not have bladder or uterine prolapse especially when they are as young as you.

Answered 4/28/2014

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Dr. Travis Bullock answered

Specializes in Urology

Prolapse/SUI: No. Stress incontinence can exist independent of pelvic organ prolapse. In fact many women report that stress incontinence improves as their prolapse worsens due to kinking of the urethra.

Answered 3/19/2014

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Dr. James Lin answered

No,...: Remember: every life event always displays itself at a certain point of its pattern of full spectrum, from very mild elusive to very severe obvious state. How does a doc handle it? It's to work together with patients so to apply currently available knowledge, skill, technology, drugs, common sense, ; wisdom at reasonable time in reasonable way to reasonable person. So, pelvic floor prolapse...

Answered 4/14/2016

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