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	Urinary incontinence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Stress incontinence is incontinence caused by coughing, laughing, sneezing, exercising or other movements that increase intrabdominal pressure and thus increase pressure on the bladder.
		Between the ages of 5 and 10, incontinence may be the result of a small bladder capacity, long sleeping periods, and underdevelopment of the body's alarms that signal a full or emptying bladder.
		Nighttime incontinence may be one sign of another condition called obstructive sleep apnea, in which the child's breathing is interrupted during sleep, often because of inflamed or enlarged tonsils or adenoids.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Urinary_incontinence (3867 words)

	Incontinence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Incontinence refers to the lack of voluntary control of excretory functions.
		Fecal incontinence, the inability to control one's bowels
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Incontinence (100 words)

	Urinary incontinence
		Incontinence is the inability to control the passage of urine.
		Bowel incontinence, a separate topic, is the inability to control the passage of stool.
		Incontinence may be sudden and temporary, or ongoing and long-term.
	www.umm.edu /ency/article/003142.htm (656 words)

	Dr. Koop - Urinary Incontinence- Health Encyclopedia and Reference
		There are five types of urinary incontinence: stress incontinence, urge incontinence, overflow incontinence, mixed incontinence and functional or environmental incontinence.
		Stress incontinence is the most common type of urinary incontinence and happens when a person leaks urine when they cough, sneeze, exercise or do anything that puts pressure on the bladder.
		Urinary incontinence can be caused by temporary problems, such as urinary tract infection, vaginal infection or irritation, constipation, obesity, smoking, frequent, high-impact aerobics or effects of medicine.
	www.drkoop.com /encyclopedia/43/142.html (1282 words)

	Fecal incontinence
		Fecal incontinence is the inability to control the passage of gas or stools (feces) through the anus.
		For some people fecal incontinence is a relatively minor problem, as when it is limited to a slight occasional soiling of underwear, but for other people it involves a considerable loss of bowel control and has a devastating effect on quality of life and psychological well-being.
		Incontinence sufferers, however, often hesitate to ask their doctors for help because they are embarrassed or ashamed.
	www.lifesteps.com /gm/Atoz/ency/fecal_incontinence.jsp (1723 words)

	Incontinence
		Incontinence is leakage of urine when you do not mean it to happen.
		Incontinence can often be cured and even where this is not possible, there is much that can be done to improve it - no matter what your age.
		Continuous incontinence may be due to a fistula (a hole or abnormal passage between the bladder and vagina).
	www.jeanhailes.org.au /issues/oi_incontinence.htm (1113 words)

	Incontinence
		Incontinence is the inability to control urination (passage of urine).
		Although incontinence is usually not an emergency, problems with incontinence should be reported to the doctor.
		The gynecologist and the urologist are the specialists who are most familiar with incontinence and can evaluate the causes of incontinence and recommend several treatment approaches.
	www.biolifedynamics.com /incontinence.html (369 words)

	incontinence - Weblog @ myblog.de (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Urge incontinence is the sudden strong urge to urinate with inability to make it to the bathroom in time.
		Incontinence is classified by the symptoms or circumstances occurring at the time of the urine leakage.
		Stress incontinence may be due to poor bladder support by the pelvic muscles or to a weak or damaged sphincter.
	myblog.de /incontinence (5592 words)

	Incontinence
		Urinary Incontinence is the inability to control urinary functions effectively; the result is that a person is unable to make it to the toilet in time.
		Incontinence is often temporary, and it almost always results from an underlying medical condition.
		Stress incontinence can be eased by using a pessary, which is similar to the outer ring of a diaphragm.
	www.pdcaregiver.org /Incontinence.html (1731 words)

	Health Information - Yale Medical Group
		Incontinence is not an inevitable result of aging, but is particularly common in older people.
		For people with urinary incontinence, it is important to consult a physician for a complete physical examination that focuses on the urinary and nervous systems, reproductive organs, and urine samples.
		In some cases, depending upon the type of incontinence and after other management methods have proven to be ineffective, a catheter may be inserted into the urethra to collect the urine.
	ymghealthinfo.org /content.asp?pageid=P01496 (696 words)

	Urinary Incontinence in Women (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Urinary incontinence is an inability to hold your urine until you get to a toilet.
		Urge incontinence can mean that your bladder empties during sleep, after drinking a small amount of water, or when you touch water or hear it running (as when washing dishes or hearing someone else taking a shower).
		Your doctor will physically examine you for signs of medical conditions causing incontinence, such as tumors that block the urinary tract, stool impaction, and poor reflexes or sensations, which may be evidence of a nerve-related cause.
	kidney.niddk.nih.gov /kudiseases/pubs/uiwomen (2325 words)

	Urinary Incontinence in Children (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Incontinence at the normal age of toilet training may cause great distress.
		It is important to understand that many children experience occasional incontinence and that treatment is available for most children who have difficulty controlling their bladders.
		Between the ages of 5 and 10, nocturnal incontinence may be the result of a small bladder capacity, long sleeping periods, and underdevelopment of the body's alarms that signal a full or emptying bladder.
	kidney.niddk.nih.gov /kudiseases/pubs/uichildren (1652 words)

	MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Urinary incontinence
		If you have overflow incontinence or cannot empty your bladder completely, a catheter may be recommended.
		You are over 60 years old and your incontinence is new, especially if you are also having trouble with your memory or caring for yourself.
		Incontinence persists for more than 2 weeks even with exercises to strengthen your pelvic muscles.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/ency/article/003142.htm (1634 words)

	Urinary Incontinence - Age Page - Health Information
		Incontinence occurs if the bladder muscles contract or the muscles surrounding the urethra relax without warning.
		Stress incontinence happens when urine leaks during exercise, coughing, sneezing, laughing, lifting heavy objects, or other body movements that put pressure on the bladder.
		Sometimes surgery can improve or cure incontinence if it is caused by a problem such as a change in the position of the bladder or blockage due to an enlarged prostate.
	www.niapublications.org /agepages/urinary.asp (1178 words)

	APTA \| Incontinence
		Although incontinence is not necessarily a natural part of aging, it can be the result of many years of changes in your body, especially in women.
		Although not as common as urinary incontinence, involuntary leakage of feces and gas is just as uncomfortable and embarrassing to those who suffer from it.
		Two factors that contribute to fecal incontinence are chronic constipation (straining to have a bowel movement weakens the pelvic floor muscles) and trauma to the muscles during childbirth.
	www.apta.org /AM/Template.cfm?Section=Search&template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=20405 (1665 words)

	MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Urge incontinence
		Urge incontinence may result from neurological injuries (such as spinal cord injury or stroke), neurological diseases (such as multiple sclerosis), infection, bladder cancer, bladder stones, bladder inflammation, or bladder outlet obstruction.
		It is second only to stress incontinence as the most common cause of urinary incontinence (involuntary loss of urine).
		In men, urge incontinence may be due to secondary bladder injuries caused by benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) or bladder outlet obstruction from an enlarged prostate.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/ency/article/001270.htm (2023 words)

	incontinence
		Conclusion: Physicians should be alert for incontinence, an often unrecognized and therefore undertreated disorder, among women with diabetes and IFG, in particular those with microvascular complications.
		The additional prospect of improvements in their incontinence may help motivate some high-risk women to undertake difficult lifestyle changes to reduce their more serious risk of diabetes and its sequelae...
		Because incontinence is a symptom and not a disease, the method of treatment may be different for each individual.
	www.patientlinx.com /urinaryincontinence (273 words)

	Urinary Incontinence - Urologychannel
		Urinary incontinence can result from anatomic, physiologic, or pathologic (disease) factors.
		Of the several types of urinary incontinence, stress, urge, and mixed incontinence account for more than 90% of cases.
		Overflow incontinence is more common in people with disorders that affect the nerve supply originating in the upper portion of the spinal cord and older men with benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH).
	www.urologychannel.com /incontinence/index.shtml (263 words)

	About Incontinence
		Fecal incontinence (also called bowel incontinence or anal incontinence) affects people of all ages.
		It may be defined as the involuntary loss of solid or liquid stool sufficient enough to result in impaired quality of life for the individual.
		Incontinence significantly impacts on social and work related aspects of an individual's life.
	www.aboutincontinence.org (410 words)

	Urinary Incontinence: Embarrasing but Treatable -- familydoctor.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Stress incontinence is when urine leaks because of sudden pressure on your lower stomach muscles, such as when you cough, laugh, lift something or exercise.
		Stress incontinence usually occurs when the pelvic muscles are weakened, for example by childbirth or surgery.
		Urge incontinence is most common in the elderly and may be a sign of an infection in the kidneys or bladder.
	familydoctor.org /189.xml (861 words)

	Urinary Incontinence in Dogs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sometimes the history is so strongly supportive of incontinence that we go right to exploring the possible causes of it first - neurologic and hormonal disorders being the most common causes of incontinence in dogs.
		It makes some sense that coughing might exacerbate a problem with incontinence but one is young for the problem and it would be a good idea to have the cough checked out if it continues, anyway.
		If incontinence is the problem it is usually possible to treat it with estrogens or phenylpropanolamine, so your vet should be able to help out.
	www.vetinfo.com /dincont.html (4411 words)

	IFFGD Incontinence Conference Report 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Incontinence is a disorder that affects men and women of all ages, often with devastating personal and societal consequences.
		The economic impact has been estimated at $16 to $26 billion annually in the U.S. Fecal incontinence is estimated to affect 2%-7% of adults while urinary incontinence occurs in a third of adults and is severe enough to interfere with the quality of life and work in 6%.
		The reasons for this include the wide range of causes and contributing factors to incontinence, multiplicity and differences in patient populations by age and by gender, and technical issues in validating as well as measuring outcomes, all of which have complicated consistent study designs.
	www.aboutincontinence.org /IncoConf2002.html (1839 words)

	Incontinence
		Because of the social stigma associated with Urinary Incontinence, the AHCPR states that UI is vastly underdiagnosed and underreported.
		While neurologic circuits necessary to maintain subconscious, involuntary, inhibitory control over the detrusor remain intact, the neurologic messages sent from the cortex to the bladder over these circuits are not strong enough to suppress reflex activation of the detrusor.
		Complications may include; failure to cure incontinence, de novo detrusor instability, urogenital fistulas, bleeding complications, infection, damage to viscera, osteitis pubis, voiding dysfunction, Dyspareunia, chronic suprapubic pain, nerve injuries, genital prolapse, vaginal granulation tissue, incisional hernia, pulmonary emboli and sinus tracts.
	www.rizvimd.com /html/incontinence.html (1305 words)

	Stress incontinence
		Stress incontinence is an involuntary loss of urine that occurs during physical activity, such as coughing, sneezing, laughing, or exercise.
		Stress incontinence is a bladder storage problem in which the strength of the urethral sphincter is diminished, and the sphincter is not able to prevent urine flow when there is increased pressure from the abdomen.
		Stress incontinence is often seen in women who have had multiple pregnancies and vaginal childbirths, or who have pelvic prolapse (protrusion of the bladder, urethra, or rectal wall into the vaginal space), with cystocele, cystourethrocele, or rectocele.
	drdean.healthcentral.com /mhc/top/000891.cfm (373 words)

	Answers to FAQs and Articles about Female Urinary Problems and Incontinence from Woman's Diagnostic Cyber
		Surgery is still the mainstay for stress urinary incontinence and bladder retraining and medical therapy the mainstay for urge incontinence.
		The tests to diagnose this are catheterization for the amount of urine left in your bladder after voiding and a cystometrogram (involves a catheter and filling of the bladder).
		The only test needed to diagnose stress urinary incontinence is to cough and see urine leak from the urethra, Your doctor usually does this during a pelvic exam.
	www.wdxcyber.com /mincont.htm (3132 words)

	Fecal Incontinence -- familydoctor.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Many people with fecal incontinence are ashamed to talk about this problem with their doctor.
		Typically, they only develop incontinence in later life when their muscles are growing weaker and the supporting structures in the pelvis are becoming loose.
		Fecal incontinence may also be caused by a reduction in the elasticity of the rectum, which shortens the time between the sensation of the stool and the urgent need to have a bowel movement.
	familydoctor.org /067.xml (612 words)

	Incontinence
		The pesky condition of "leaky" dogs is otherwise known as incontinence.
		It is very important that you rule out the possibility that your dog's incontinence is indicative of a bladder or urinary tract infection.
		There is some thinking that spay incontinence cannot be helped by the usual methods that would be used to treat incontinence in unspayed bitches (or males for that matter).
	www.auntjeni.com /incont.htm (733 words)

	Treatment of female urinary incontinence
		Female urinary incontinence (UI) is a condition with severe economic and psychosocial impact.
		After treatment 83% were continent and symptomfree, compared with 23% of controls.(32) In another randomized clinical trial with 123 women (aged 55-90) bladder training reduced the number of incontinent episodes by 57% (controls 14%) and the quantity of urine loss by 54% (controls increased 21%).
		Stress urinary incontinence in postmenopausal women treated with oral estrogen (estriol) and an alpha adrenoceptor stimulating agent (phenylpropanolamine).
	www.uib.no /isf/people/inkter.htm (2631 words)

	Incontinence Products/Supplies Home \| llmedico.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ordering your incontinence supplies from home is made easier for you with our secure shopping cart extra care is taken at LL Medico® to make yours a pleasant and discreet online shopping experience.
		May also be worn with our flannel insert pads inside the diapers giving the incontinent sufferer extra bladder control protection.
		Our exclusive waterproof incontinence pants are the most secure protection for the incontinent adult or child and are extremely light, flexible, soft, sympathetic to your skin, and more comfortable and breathable than vinyl plastic pants.
	www.llmedico.com (455 words)

	Incontinence and Medical Links Library® \| llmedico.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Article on Incontinence - This is an informative article on incontinence, diagnoses, and treatments for people with urinary problems where incontinent sufferers can find help.
		Tri-State Incontinence Support Group - The Tri-state Incontinence Support Group is a mutual self help group for people who share a problem with bladder or bowel incontinence, their friends, and family.
		Urinary Incontinence and Urodynamic Assessment - Urinary incontinence, or loss of bladder control, is an unpleasant, distressing and often embarrassing condition affecting over 50% of all women at some stage during their lifetime
	www.llmedico.com /links.html (4131 words)

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