\n\u00bb\u00a0Exercises to strengthen the muscles around the bladder and urethra (Kegel exercises)
\n\u00bb\u00a0Lifestyle changes\u2013reducing fluid intake; avoiding drinks containing caffeine; emptying your bladder on a regular schedule; maintaining a healthy weight
\n\u00bb\u00a0Medication\u2013either to treat an infection or control abnormal bladder activity
\n\u00bb Vaginal hormone replacement
\n\u00bb Bladder retraining, the use of special devices, or surgery<\/p>\n
Talk to Your Doctor<\/strong> Urinary incontinence is defined as the loss of bladder control and it affects about 25 million people in the U.S. Symptoms can range from mild leaking to uncontrollable wetting. It can happen to anyone, but becomes more common as we age. For women, incontinence can be the result of childbirth, as well as the weakening […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8570,"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":[903,902],"class_list":["post-8569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-medicare","tag-loss-of-bladder-control","tag-urinary-incontinence"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/urinary-incontinence-e1574869372743.jpg?fit=850%2C440&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6ZZGa-2ed","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8569","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=8569"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8573,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8569\/revisions\/8573"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/a>If you have any form of incontinence, the first step in getting help is an honest talk with your primary care provider. There are several ways they can diagnose what type of incontinence you have and what is causing it. And, they can create a treatment plan specific to your circumstances, or refer you to a urogynecologist for women or a urologist for men for further treatment.
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\nSources: NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; and https:\/\/www.baystatehealth.org\/news\/2016\/01\/incontinence<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"