Urinary incontinence Treatments
Urinary incontinence: Treatments Inroduction
Current treatments can address a variety of causes of urinary incontinence, and symptoms can be successfully managed so people with urinary incontinence can live a normal, active life.
Treatment plans are based on medical history, type and severity of incontinence, coexisting conditions, and a patient's response to prior treatments. The most effect treatment plans for urinary incontinence include a multifaceted approach that not only addresses symptoms of urinary incontinence but identifies and treats all the possible co-existing conditions that can cause or worsen symptoms of urinary incontinence.
Other facets of treatment include minimizing alcohol and caffeine consumption, because both of these substances increase urinary production, frequency and sensations of urgency. Other behavioral interventions can include bladder training, emptying the bladder on a regular schedule, effective timing of fluid intake, and pelvic muscle exercises, known as Kegel exercises. In addition, recent research has found that overweight women who lose weight can dramatically lesson their risk of developing incontinence or lesson the symptoms of incontinence. Treatment may also include the use of medications that relax the bladder.
In some cases of urinary incontinence that does not better with other treatments, surgery may be an option. Surgery can help women whose incontinence is due to a bladder that has shifted out of its normal position. This commonly occurs due to pregnancy and childbirth. Surgery involves creating a sling or other type of internal support for the bladder. Some surgical procedures can be done on an outpatient basis.
Urinary incontinence: Treatments
Some of the possible treatments for Urinary incontinence from various sources may include:
Treatments for Urinary Incontinence
The following treatments are listed for Urinary Incontinence
in our knowledge base:
Alternative Treatments for Urinary incontinence
Alternative treatments, home remedies, other other complementary therapies that have been listed as possibly helpful for Urinary incontinence in various sources may include:
Drugs and Medications used to treat Urinary incontinence:
Some of the drugs and medications used in the treatment of Urinary incontinence may include:
Unlabeled Drugs and Medications to treat Urinary incontinence:
Unlabelled alternative drug treatments for Urinary incontinence may include:
Treatments for Causes of Urinary incontinence
Review the treatment information pages for various causes of Urinary incontinence:
- Multiple sclerosis - bladder control problems
- Enlarged prostate - uncontrolled urinary dribbling
- Surgery
- Cystitis - constant urge to urinate
- Cystocele - urinary incontinence
- Rectocele
- Uterine prolapse - bladder control problems
- Cauda equina syndrome
- Irritable bladder
- Prostate cancer - night urination
- Spinal cord trauma
- Bladder tumours
- Parkinson's disease
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia
- Urethral stricture
- CNS tumors
- Tertiary syphilis
- Cerebral palsy
- Vesicovaginal fistula
- Nephrolithiasis
- Detrusor instability
- Prostate hyperplasia, benign
- BEEC - urinary incontinence
- Benign Prostate Hyperplasia - urinary incontinence
- Binswanger's Disease - urinary incontinence
- Chemical poisoning -- Aldicarb - urinary incontinence
- Chemical poisoning -- Azinphos-methyl - urinary incontinence
- Chemical poisoning -- Bromophos - urinary incontinence
- Chemical poisoning -- Cypermethrin - urinary incontinence
- Chemical poisoning -- Demeton-S-methyl - urinary incontinence
- Chemical poisoning -- Diazinon - urinary incontinence
- Chemical poisoning -- Dichlorvos - urinary incontinence
- Chemical poisoning -- Dicrotophos - urinary incontinence
- Chemical poisoning -- Dioxathion - urinary incontinence
- Chemical poisoning -- Disulfoton - urinary incontinence
- Chemical poisoning -- Ethion - urinary incontinence
- Chemical poisoning -- Fensulfothion - urinary incontinence
- Chemical poisoning -- Fenthion - urinary incontinence
- Chemical poisoning -- Malathion - urinary incontinence
- Chemical poisoning -- Methidathion - urinary incontinence
- Chemical poisoning -- Methiocarb - urinary incontinence
- Chemical poisoning -- Methomyl - urinary incontinence
- Chemical poisoning -- Monocrotophos - urinary incontinence
- Chemical poisoning -- Parathion - urinary incontinence
- Chemical poisoning -- Phosdrin - urinary incontinence
- Chemical poisoning -- Profenofos - urinary incontinence
- Chemical poisoning -- Terbufos - urinary incontinence
- Chemical poisoning -- Tetraethyl Pyrophosphate - urinary incontinence
- Childhood disintegrative disorder - loss of bladder control
- Chromosome 11, deletion 11p - Urinary incontinence
- Combat stress reaction - urinary incontinence
- Congenital giant megaureter - enuresis
- Deletion 11p - Urinary incontinence
- Ependymoma - loss of bladder control
- Epispadias - Urinary incontinence
- Food Additive Adverse reaction -- amines - urinary incontinence
- Food Additive Adverse reaction -- food additives - urinary incontinence
- Food Additive Adverse reaction -- MSG - urinary incontinence
- Food Additive Adverse reaction -- salicylate - urinary incontinence
- Food Additive Adverse reaction -- sulfite - urinary incontinence
- Hinman syndrome - bed wetting
- Hydronephrosis with Peculiar Facies - bed-wetting
- Idiopathic Parkinson's disease - urinary incontinence
- Inverted smile -- occult nephropathic bladder - bed-wetting
- Metastatic prostate cancer - Urinary incontinence
- Mitochondrial Parkinson's disease - urinary incontinence
- Mixed apnea - Bed-wetting
- Multiple Sclerosis, Susceptibility To, 1 - Bladder control problems
- Multiple Sclerosis, Susceptibility To, 2 - Bladder control problems
- Multiple Sclerosis, Susceptibility To, 3 - Bladder control problems
- Multiple Sclerosis, Susceptibility To, 4 - Bladder control problems
- Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus - loss of bladder control
- Obstructive sleep apnea - Enuresis
- Occupational Cancer -- Bladder cancer - frequent urge to urinate
- Parkinson disease 10 (PARK10) - urinary incontinence
- Parkinson disease 11 (PARK11) - urinary incontinence
- Parkinson disease 12 (PARK12) - urinary incontinence
- Parkinson disease 13 (PARK13) - urinary incontinence
- Parkinson disease 2, autosomal recessive juvenile (PARK2) - urinary incontinence
- Parkinson disease 3, autosomal dominant Lewy body (PARK3) - urinary incontinence
- Parkinson disease 4, autosomal dominant Lewy body (PARK4) - urinary incontinence
- Parkinson disease 5 (PARK5) - urinary incontinence
- Parkinson disease 6, autosomal recessive early-onset (PARK6) - urinary incontinence
- Parkinson disease 7, autosomal recessive early-onset (PARK7) - urinary incontinence
- Parkinson disease 8 (PARK8) - urinary incontinence
- Parkinson disease 9 (PARK9) - urinary incontinence
- Parkinson disease, familial, type 1 (PARK1) - urinary incontinence
- Polyembryoma - enuresis
- Pudendal nerve entrapment - urinary incontinence
- Spinal cord neoplasm - urinary incontinence
- Toxic mushrooms -- Psychedelic - urinary incontinence
- Tropical Spastic Paraparesis - urinary incontinence
- Urinary tract neoplasm - urinary urgency
- Urofacial syndrome - bed-wetting
- Vesicoureteral reflux - bedwetting
- WAGR Syndrome - Urinary incontinence
- Wilms tumor -- aniridia -- genitourinary anomalies -- mental retardation - urinary incontinence
- Secondary Reflux - bedwetting
- Vesicoureteral Reflux 1 - bedwetting
- Vesicoureteral Reflux 2 - bedwetting
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
More causes: not all possible causes for Urinary incontinence are listed above; for a full list refer to causes of Urinary incontinence.
Treatment Notes
Only your doctor can advise whether any of these treatments are appropriate
for your specific medical situation.
Always discuss all treatment options with your doctor before
making a decision,
including whether to start or discontinue any treatment plan.
Conditions listing medical symptoms: Urinary incontinence:
The following list of conditions
have 'Urinary incontinence' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
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of any symptom.
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Conditions listing medical complications: Urinary incontinence:
The following list of medical conditions have 'Urinary incontinence'
or similar listed as a medical complication in our database.
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