منابع مشابه
Urinary incontinence in women.
Urinary incontinence affects women of all ages. History, physical examination, and certain tests can guide specialists in diagnosing stress urinary incontinence, urgency urinary incontinence, and mixed urinary incontinence. First line management includes lifestyle and behavior modification, as well as pelvic floor strength and bladder training. Drug therapy is helpful in the treatment of urgenc...
متن کاملUrinary incontinence in women.
The majority of 200 women in community living between the ages of 55 and 90 described themselves as having some degree of uncontrolled urine loss. They reported severe wetting (63%) on a daily basis (69%), and most (56%) had had the problem for more than five years. These women completed the diagnostic phase of a treatment-evaluation program currently in process. Although urinary incontinence i...
متن کامل[Urinary incontinence in women].
Results: There are many diagnostic and therapeutic options, whose use should be based on the degree of the patient’s suffering and on her motivation to be treated. Anticholinergic drugs are of established value in the treatment of overactive bladder. They are used in combination with possible lifestyle changes and bladder training. In some circum-stances, botulinum toxin injections can be consi...
متن کاملUrinary Incontinence in Women
Urinary incontinence is a common condition in women. Approximately 25% of young women (1), 44–57% of middle-aged and postmenopausal women (2), and 75% of older women experience some involuntary urine loss (3, 4). The estimated direct cost of urinary incontinence care in the United States is $19.5 billion (5). Approximately 6% of nursing home admissions of older women can be attributed to urinar...
متن کاملAn evaluation of fecal incontinence in women with urinary incontinence.
OBJECTIVE To investigate the occurrence of and risk factors for fecal and/or gas incontinence in female patients having urinary incontinence. PATIENTS AND METHODS 741 consecutive adult female patients presenting with urinary incontinence alone (group 1, n = 700) or urinary incontinence with fecal and/or gas incontinence (group 2, n = 41) were enrolled into the study. As potential risk factors...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1756-1833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g4531