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Prognosis of Urinary Incontinence

Prognosis of Urinary Incontinence: Behavioral changes, pelvic floor exercise therapy, and medication usually improve symptoms rather than cure stress incontinence. Surgery can cure most patients, if they are carefully selected. Treatment does not work as well in people with: Conditions that may prevent healing or make surgery more difficult, Other genital or urinary problems, Previous surgical failures ...see also Overview of Urinary Incontinence

Onset of Urinary Incontinence: Mostly occurs in the elderly due to weakness associated with increasing age

Complications:

Complications of Urinary Incontinence may include:

• Irritation of the vulva
• Pain during intercourse (see Painful intercourse)
• Unpleasant odours
• Vaginal discharge
• Unpleasant odors
• more complications...»

See also complications of Urinary Incontinence.

Prognosis of Urinary Incontinence Discussion

Most urinary incontinence fades away naturally. Here are examples of what can happen over time:

• Bladder capacity increases.

• Natural body alarms become activated.

• An overactive bladder settles down.

• Production of ADH becomes normal.

• The child learns to respond to the body's signal that it is time to void.

• Stressful events or periods pass.

Many children overcome incontinence naturally (without treatment) as they grow older. The number of cases of incontinence goes down by 15 percent for each year after the age of 5. (Source: excerpt from Urinary Incontinence in Children: NIDDK)

Urinary Incontinence: Research More

• Urinary Incontinence: Introduction
• Deaths: Urinary Incontinence
• Symptoms: Urinary Incontinence
• Complications: Urinary Incontinence
• Causes: Urinary Incontinence
• Treatments: Urinary Incontinence

About prognosis:

The 'prognosis' of Urinary Incontinence usually refers to the likely outcome of Urinary Incontinence. The prognosis of Urinary Incontinence may include the duration of Urinary Incontinence, chances of complications of Urinary Incontinence, probable outcomes, prospects for recovery, recovery period for Urinary Incontinence, survival rates, death rates, and other outcome possibilities in the overall prognosis of Urinary Incontinence. Naturally, such forecast issues are by their nature unpredictable.

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