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Bladder control problems are common in women and many wear absorbent pads to contain urine leakage and protect their clothes. There are four main designs of absorbent products used for light urinary incontinence (i.e. urine loss that can contained within a small absorbent pad): disposable insert pads, disposable menstrual pads, washable pants with an ...

Urinary incontinence is the leakage of urine, and when caused by coughing or exercising it is called stress incontinence. It may be caused by damage to muscles either holding up the bladder or holding the bladder neck closed. Adrenergic agonist drugs may help the bladder neck muscle to contract more strongly. This review of 22 trials involving 673 women ...

Night-time bedwetting is common in childhood, and can cause stigma, stress and inconvenience. The review of trials found 56 studies involving 3257 children. Alarm interventions reduce night-time bed wetting in about two thirds of children during treatment, and about half the children remained dry after stopping using the alarm. Alarms take longer to ...

Urinary incontinence is the inability to prevent urine leakage. Stress urinary incontinence is loss of urine when a person coughs or exercises. Damage to the muscles that hold up the bladder, and injuries to the nerves during childbirth, may be causes. When non-surgical methods, such as exercising the muscles in the pelvic floor (the base of the abdomen), ...

Over active bladder syndrome is defined as urgency, with or without urge incontinence, usually with frequency and nocturia. It is a major health problem giving an estimated prevalence of over 22 million people affected. It affects both sexes with a female preponderance and its prevalence increases with age. There is also a significant economic and quality ...

Overactive bladder syndrome is characterised by a need to rush to urinate - urine is passed frequently and there may be incontinence. The main treatment option is drug therapy. The most commonly used drugs are anticholinergics, but these often have side-effects, such as dry mouth. This review sought evidence to compare other types of drugs with anticholinergics. ...

An overactive bladder is a condition in which bladder contracts suddenly without any control, resulting in feeling to urinate and or leakage of urine. This is a common condition in adults and is also called as 'irritable' bladder or detrusor instability, urge or urgency-frequency syndrome. Overactive bladder becomes more common with advancing age. Anticholinergic ...

Children with "faecal incontinence" cannot control their bowel movements and so they soil their underwear. Sometimes people use the word "soiling" or "encopresis" to mean the same thing. Faecal incontinence can be caused by either physical or psychological problems. The term "organic faecal incontinence" is used when faecal incontinence is due to a ...

Faecal incontinence (inability to control bowel movements or leaking stool) can be a very embarrassing and socially restricting problem. There are many possible causes, including childbirth damage to the muscles which control bowel movements. Exercises to strengthen these muscles and "biofeedback" (used to show people how to use the muscles properly) ...

Stress urinary incontinence is loss of urine when coughing, laughing, sneezing or exercising. Damage to muscles that hold up the bladder may cause it. About a third of adult women may have urine leakage, and about a third of these may have problems bad enough to require surgery. When non-surgical methods, such as exercising the muscles in the pelvic ...