Conditions
Urinary Incontinence
Urinary incontinence is passing urine when you do not mean to because of partial or total loss of control of the bladder. It is estimated that 3-6 million people in the UK have some degree of incontinence, which becomes more common with age, but does not only affect older people. It’s twice as common in women as men and is more common in women after giving birth. Incontinence means that either the muscles, or the nerve supply, are not working properly to control your bladder. The two main types of urinary incontinence are: stress incontinence (a small amount of urine leaks out during physical activity), and urge incontinence (the bladder empties completely). However, there are a number of treatments available. Pelvic floor exercises (or Kegel exercises) can be performed to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles, or patients can be referred for electric stimulation of the pelvic floor muscles to increase their strength. There are also a variety of surgical procedures available.
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I run most mornings just after 6am if i go any later in the day a ofter wet myself it's awful as once it starts it's like a tap and will not stop. I have tried pelvic floor excercises since i had my 3rd child 11 years ago. I doesnt help if i go before i leave the house please help.
ive been to my doctors since the age of 5 and im now 18 years old. they've told me i have an overactive bladder, which affects my socail life. i cant stay at anyone's house as i cant help but urinate during the night and its uncontrollable. i have tried evey drug avaliable to the doctors but nothing has worked. it is getting more serious and embarrassing for me as i am now in a serious relationship even though she doesnt mind i want to know if there is anything i can do or have done to stop the bed wetting or to control it?
HELP... Im 27 years old and ive got a huge embarrassing problem…. i cant stop weeing, i mean it doesnt stop dribbling out, ive been to the doctors and he queried a water infection but im really worried, its never happened before.
i can not stop weeing eitha.. i fell as if i have something inside my bladder pushing down on me!!
i have been doctors so many times and had antibotics.. but nothing seems to help? they have put me on a months worth of antibiotics but their not working either.. please help?
please more info. on Botox inj. for relief of urge incont. and does age or post code have any bearing on it?
I am 25 yrs of age and whenever I need the toilet it is always URGENTLY. It is worse when I have had a drink, no matter what drink I have (water, squash etc). I have had a number of tests carried out and have basically been told that I have a weak flow of urine and therefore would not be suited to the botox injections in my bladder. The urgency does improve if I have had a big meal but it worse when I have a bowel movement – is there anything I can do???
im 30 yrs of age and have had a problem down below for a number of years,if i wear a pad, the pad gets wet and leaves this smellin brown discharge, if i don't wear a pad,my underwear gets wet and sometimes i have to change my bottom half i don,t suffer with incontinence because i,ve been told i have good muscles i,ve been to see a few doctors and they told me its physcological i don,t know what to do
after watching your programme I realised for the first time in my life that I am not the only one! I have suffered from what I always thought of as a weak bladder for as long as I can remember (right back to childhood, I'm now 42!) and endured many embarrassing incidents in school when I couldn't get to the loo in time – ir wasn't allowed to go. It still happens frequently, the quality of my life is lessened by it (I have given up two of my favourite hobbies as I can't be sure I will always have access to a loo when I need one.) Once i was so desperate in a car park on holiday in France that I climbed back into the car and used one of my son's (clean) nappies to absorb my pee, as there was no toilet near enough to safely get to. I don't know if my condition is serious enough for the botox treatment but I can dream ofit…seeing the gP tomorrow, thank you thank you channel 4 and all the people who so bravely came forward with their embarrassing conditions. I'm sure very many people just like me are now feeling there is hope again of being 'normal' in their toilet habits.
I randomly have incontinence issues when i am sleeping but this only happens if i have consumed alcohal. This is not a regular occurance, it is more random. The quantity of alcohal I consume does not seem to be a factor as this has happen with as little as 1 – 2 glasses of wine / beer. i was given vesicare 5mg which did work for a short period of time but is now not effective. Do you have any idea's as I never used to suffer from this condition and it is severally impacting my self confidence
When i laugh to much i wee. orther wise i am fine, but when i start peeing i cant stop, and i have peed its so embarrassing!!!!!
please help!
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