You may think that incontinence is incontinence, but there are many reasons why you may find yourself suffering from incontinence. Stress incontinence is urine leakage that occurs when pressure is placed on the bladder like sneezing or coughing. Urge incontinence is caused by involuntary bladder muscle actions, and it may be caused by nerve damage, disease or illness. Mixed incontinence is when you have a combination of the two; so you may find yourself in trouble when you sneeze or laugh, and then you may notice that you have to go suddenly and unexpectedly.
To properly diagnose mixed incontinence you will want to discuss your symptoms with your doctor who can then properly diagnose which type of incontinence you are dealing with. Your doctor may wish for you to keep a bladder journal to track when you urinate, and how many leakages occur daily. You doctor will tell you what to include on your chart, but normally it is a pretty basic journal of liquid intake and output.
The treatment for mixed incontinence is usually a two-part treatment, one for each type of incontinence. For the stress incontinence portion of the problem the solution begins with Kegel exercises. The urgency problems are not as straight forward, and they may require long-term medication to help correct the problem. While you may also need biofeedback or surgery to alleviate your symptoms, it is always a good idea to start with the most basic fix and work from there.
Regardless of which therapy regime you follow, you will want to get through your ordeal with the help of good quality incontinence products. DryForLife offers a discreet and completely confidential solution to all your incontinence needs. Your concerns are very much our concerns; we have been providing incontinence products for over forty years, and we are here to help.
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