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Many people have problems of holding urine
until they get into a toilet. This loss of urinary control is called
"urinary incontinence" or just "incontinence." No matter when it happens
or how often it happens, incontinence causes great distress. It may get
in the way of a good night sleep and embarrassing when it happens during
the day. Women experience incontinence twice more often than men. Older
women, more often than younger women, experience incontinence. But incontinence
is not inevitable with age. Incontinence is treatable and often curable
at all ages.
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If
you experience incontinence, you may feel embarrassed. Incontinence usually
occurs because of problems with muscles that help to hold or release urine.
Urination or voiding, is a complex activity. The bladder is a balloon-like
muscle that lies in the lowest part of the abdomen. The bladder stores
urine and then releases it through the urethra, the canal that carries
urine to the outside of the body. Controlling this activity involves nerves,
muscles, the spinal cord and the brain.
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| Stress Incontinence | |
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While
coughing, laughing, sneezing or other movements that put pressure on the
bladder cause you to leak urine, you may have stress incontinence. Physical
changes resulting from pregnancy, childbirth and menopause are common
events that cause stress incontinence. These are the most common forms
of incontinence in women and is treatable.
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If
you pass urine for no apparent reason while suddenly feeling the need
or urge to urinate, you may have urge incontinence. The most common cause
of urge incontinence is inappropriate bladder contractions. It results
from overactive nerves controlling the bladder. Involuntary actions
of bladder muscles can occur because of damage to the nerves of the bladder
and the nervous system such as brain tumours, strokes or to muscles themselves
including surgery. Stress and urge incontinence often
occur together in women. It can be triggered by medications, urinary tract
infections, mental impairment, restricted mobility and severe constipation,
which can push against the urinary tract and obstruct outflow.
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Abdominal
exercises to strengthen or retrain pelvic floor muscles and sphincter
muscles can reduce stress leakage. Women of all ages can learn and practice
the abdominal exercises, timely voiding and bladder training can be prevented
incontinence to certain extent.
Homoeopathic Medicines had cured a number of cases of bed-wetting and incontinence. Homoeopathic medicines had proved their efficacy in bringing harmony of the nerves. I have given wonderful results to many of my patients. The dynamic Homoeopathic medicines possess the power to strengthen the muscles of bladder also! |
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