Urinary incontinence is defined as the loss of bladder control and it affects\u00a0about 25 million people in the U.S. Symptoms can range from mild leaking\u00a0to uncontrollable wetting. It can happen to anyone, but becomes more\u00a0common as we age.<\/p>\n
For women, incontinence can be the result of childbirth, as well as\u00a0the weakening of the pelvic muscles when estrogen levels drop after\u00a0menopause. With men, prostate problems are usually the cause. In addition,\u00a0some medications can cause incontinence, or make it worse.<\/p>\n
Two common types of incontinence are stress incontinence, which occurs\u00a0when you cough, sneeze or lift something heavy, and urge incontinence,\u00a0when you feel a constant need to go.<\/p>\n
Talk to Your Doctor<\/strong> Sources: www.niddk.nih.gov<\/a> (NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney<\/em> Urinary incontinence is defined as the loss of bladder control and it affects\u00a0about 25 million people in the U.S. Symptoms can range from mild leaking\u00a0to uncontrollable wetting. It can happen to anyone, but becomes more\u00a0common as we age. For women, incontinence can be the result of childbirth, as well as\u00a0the weakening of the pelvic muscles […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-medicare"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/urinary-incontinence-dr.jpg?fit=515%2C600&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6ZZGa-2E5","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10173"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10176,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10173\/revisions\/10176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nIf you have any form of incontinence, the first step in getting help is an\u00a0honest talk with your primary care provider. There are several ways they can\u00a0diagnose what type of incontinence you have and what is causing it. And,\u00a0they can create a treatment plan specific to your circumstances, or refer you\u00a0to a urogynecologist for women or a urologist for men for further treatment.<\/p>\n
\nDiseases) and www.baystatehealth.org\/news\/2016\/01\/incontinence<\/a> (Baystate Health)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"