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About Urinary Incontinence

Urinary incontinence is an inability to hold urine until you get to a toilet. More than 13 million people in the United States - including one in four women - experience incontinence. It is often temporary, and it always results from an underlying health condition. There are different types of urinary incontinence:

  • Stress incontinence
    Leakage of small amounts of urine during physical movement (coughing, sneezing, exercising)

  • Urge incontinence
    Leakage of large amounts of urine at unexpected times, including during sleep

  • Functional incontinence
    Untimely urination because of physical disability, external obstacles, or problems in thinking or communicating that prevent a person from reaching a toilet

  • Overflow incontinence
    Unexpected leakage of small amounts of urine because of a full bladder

  • Mixed incontinence
    Usually the occurrence of stress and urge incontinence together

  • Transient incontinence
    Leakage that occurs temporarily because of a condition that will pass (infection, medication)

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