Medication is ineffective on stress urinary incontinence

200 million people worldwide have stress urinary incontinence. Pregnant women, older women and those who have had a hysterectomy are especially prone to this condition. Taking diuretics to treat high blood pressure can make the problem worse. Treatment can involve doing Kegal exercises to improve muscle tone, having a urologist insert a pessary into the vagina, injecting collagen into tissue surrounding bladder neck and urethra. Surgery is only considered when all else has failed. Medications available to treat incontinence don’t generally work on stress urinary incontinence. Biofeedback has also proven to be a successful treatment option for many with 44% reporting a cure and 79% reported an improvement.

Source: summary of medical news story as reported by Newsday

Related Disease Topics:

• Urinary stress incompetence
• Incontinence

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• Urine loss while sneezing
• Urine loss while coughing
• Urine loss while laughing

Article Source Details

About: Medication is ineffective on stress urinary incontinence

Date: 23 November 2004

Source: Newsday

Author: Suzy Cohen

URL: http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-dsphar4051446nov23,0,2245413.story?coll=ny-health-headlines

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This summary article refers to the following medical categories:

• Kegal exercises
• Surgery
• Biofeedback
• Diuretics
• Cause of stress urinary incontinence

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