Urinary Incontinence

Urinary incontinence (UI) is the loss of urine control or the inability to hold your urine until you can reach a restroom. More than 13 Million people in the United States experience incontinence, male and female, young and old.

There are various forms of urinary incontinence:

• Urge Incontinence -- The inability to hold urine long enough to reach a restroom. It is often found in people with diabetes, stroke, dementia, Parkinsons disease, and multiple sclerosis, but may be an indication of other diseases or conditions that would also warrant medical attention
• Stress Incontinence -- The most common type of incontinence that involves the leakage of urine during exercise, coughing, sneezing, laughing, lifting heavy objects, or other body movements that put pressure on the bladder.
• Overflow Incontinence -- Leakage that occurs when the quantity of urine produced exceeds the bladders capacity to hold it.