Stress Urinary Incontinence

Recreational Drug Use Can Affect Urinary Incontinence

Ketamine, a veterinary anesthetic, is fast becoming a widely used recreational drug used among young adults. Long term chronic issues include severe bladder dysfunction resulting in urinary incontinence. Shame related to addiction and incontinence is seen to delay diagnosis and treatment. Click here to read

AARP Reports on Incontinence

AARP and UnitedHeathcare studied urinary incontinence and its impact on quality of life. Findings from 5,000 respondents reported that incontinence has a significant impact on their well-being, even a greater influence than other health conditions such as diabetes, arthritis and some forms of cancer. Read more here

FDA Issues Update on Surgical Mesh Complications

On July 13, 2011, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an update to a 2008 Public Health Notification on serious complications associated with surgical mesh placed through the vagina to treat pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI). The purpose of this update is to inform the public that serious complications...

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SUI Affects Men’s Sexual Life Too

A study conducted by Dr. Nilsson on the impact of urinary incontinence in women’s and men’s sexual life. Click here to read

Incontinence Surgery Creates New Symptoms

Surgeries that address incontinence may often come with developing new symptoms or worsen existing urinary tract symptoms according to a study performed by the Department of Urology, Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Ireland,. Click here to read

Urine Leakage on the Rise

The number of women over the age of 20 experiencing urine leakage is on the rise according to an article in the Journal of Urology. Risk factors include obesity, vaginal births and diabetes. Click here to read

NAFC Fights Stress Urinary Incontinence

The National Association For Continence (NAFC) is a national, private, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of people with incontinence (including stress urinary incontinence) as well as associated disorders. The NAFC has set as its goal to be the top recognized resource for both information and action around all of the...

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Urinary incontinence in women

Urinary incontinence in women Bladder symptoms affect women of all ages. However, bladder problems are most prevalent among older women. Up to 35% of the total population over the age of 60 years is estimated to be incontinent, with women twice as likely as men to experience incontinence. One in three women over the age...

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Stress Urinary Incontinence

Stress urinary incontinence (SUI), also known as effort incontinence, is due essentially to insufficient strength of the pelvic floor muscles. It is the loss of small amounts of urine associated with coughing, laughing, sneezing, exercising or other movements that increase intra-abdominal pressure and thus increase pressure on the bladder. The urethra is supported by fascia...

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