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Incontinence is occurring more and more and is often uncomfortable and embarrassing. However your practitioner can help and there is much support if you know where to look. Incontinence is the involuntary leaking of urine. It can happen when you sneeze or run and is more likely in women who have had children and in men as they get older.
Older people get incontinence more as the body changes when you age but any age can suffer from incontinence. It is important that you talk to a natural therapist or doctor and not let it progress. Many people suffer in silence thinking it is only happening to them. It may be treated with medication, altering your behaviour and certain exercise or in difficult cases with surgery.
There are four general types of incontinence. These are stress, urge, functional and overflow. Stress incontinence occurs when you are coughing, sneezing or exercise. Urge incontinence is when you can't seem to hold the urine flow until you get to a toilet. This is because the bladder is not filling, storing or emptying properly.
Usually the bladder fills and when there is about one cup of urine there stored you feel the need to go to the toilet. The bladder keeps filling while you have the urge and the urine is stored. There are muscles in the bladder that contract to force the urine out while your body relaxes the round muscles to expand and empty out. If any of these don't function properly it creates issues. There may be many illnesses that cause this such as urine infections, prostrate issues, injuries, weaknesses in the bladder area, side effects of stroke, prolapse etc.
Treatment varies depending on the causes but there are exercises you can do to strengthen the muscles of your pelvic floor. These include a schedule of when to go to the toilet and Kegel exercises for the pelvic floor. Your doctor or therapist will be able to help you with these.
There is also electrical machinery which can teach you how to do these exercises better. It does this by making you aware of where the muscles are and how to contract them. Supermarkets have lots of pads and under undergarments to help with leaking although they are not pleasant so it is better to start doing your pelvic floor exercises now so you prevent incontinence when you are older perhaps. It is also important to avoid constipation, watch your weight and what you eat as these can also affect you in the long-term.
If your symptoms are really bad you might need an operation or medication to relax the bladder, increase its muscle tone or strengthen the sphincter. Doctors sometimes insert artificial sphincters and if it's really bad the doctor will recommend a catheter although this can increase your chances of infection.
Ladies talk to your gynaecologist, men to an urologist or natural therapist about this condition. Your general practitioner will be able to refer you to a specialist. There are herbs that can help and hypnosis can suppress the urge to go to the toilet. Don't let incontinence silently continue. It could be symptoms of something else. Your doctor will do a urine test, cystoscopy (inspection inside the bladder), and even maybe an urodynamic study to measure the pressure and urine flow. It is important to get these done to stay healthy.
Older people get incontinence more as the body changes when you age but any age can suffer from incontinence. It is important that you talk to a natural therapist or doctor and not let it progress. Many people suffer in silence thinking it is only happening to them. It may be treated with medication, altering your behaviour and certain exercise or in difficult cases with surgery.
There are four general types of incontinence. These are stress, urge, functional and overflow. Stress incontinence occurs when you are coughing, sneezing or exercise. Urge incontinence is when you can't seem to hold the urine flow until you get to a toilet. This is because the bladder is not filling, storing or emptying properly.
Usually the bladder fills and when there is about one cup of urine there stored you feel the need to go to the toilet. The bladder keeps filling while you have the urge and the urine is stored. There are muscles in the bladder that contract to force the urine out while your body relaxes the round muscles to expand and empty out. If any of these don't function properly it creates issues. There may be many illnesses that cause this such as urine infections, prostrate issues, injuries, weaknesses in the bladder area, side effects of stroke, prolapse etc.
Treatment varies depending on the causes but there are exercises you can do to strengthen the muscles of your pelvic floor. These include a schedule of when to go to the toilet and Kegel exercises for the pelvic floor. Your doctor or therapist will be able to help you with these.
There is also electrical machinery which can teach you how to do these exercises better. It does this by making you aware of where the muscles are and how to contract them. Supermarkets have lots of pads and under undergarments to help with leaking although they are not pleasant so it is better to start doing your pelvic floor exercises now so you prevent incontinence when you are older perhaps. It is also important to avoid constipation, watch your weight and what you eat as these can also affect you in the long-term.
If your symptoms are really bad you might need an operation or medication to relax the bladder, increase its muscle tone or strengthen the sphincter. Doctors sometimes insert artificial sphincters and if it's really bad the doctor will recommend a catheter although this can increase your chances of infection.
Ladies talk to your gynaecologist, men to an urologist or natural therapist about this condition. Your general practitioner will be able to refer you to a specialist. There are herbs that can help and hypnosis can suppress the urge to go to the toilet. Don't let incontinence silently continue. It could be symptoms of something else. Your doctor will do a urine test, cystoscopy (inspection inside the bladder), and even maybe an urodynamic study to measure the pressure and urine flow. It is important to get these done to stay healthy.
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