This is when you need to urinate often and suddenly. It happens when the muscles that control your bladder have spasms. These spasms can force out urine even when your bladder isn't full. When you feel the need to go, you may have only a few seconds to get to the toilet.
This is a problem that most commonly affects women. It's when you have trouble holding your pee when pressure is put on your bladder. Pee can leak when you exert yourself in some way, like during physical activity.
A helpful diagram and explanation of the female urinary tract.
Nonsurgical incontinence treatments may work well in many cases. These include lifestyle changes, muscle-strengthening exercises, and medicines.
Urinary incontinence is the leaking of urine from the bladder. In some cases, medicine can reduce or stop the leaking. It is mainly given for urge incontinence. Your healthcare provider will talk with you about your choices.
Read on to learn about 3 ways to treat your incontinence: Timed voiding, bladder retraining, and self-catheterization.
Treatment for urinary incontinence will depend on the cause of your problem and any other health issues you have. Read on for details.
Women can get different kinds of urinary tract infections (UTIs). Knowing which kind of infection you have may help you prevent future UTIs.
A cystocele is when a woman's bladder sags down into the vagina. It's also called a prolapsed bladder.
Here are images showing how to insert a reusable urinary catheter if you are a woman.
Steps to show how to insert a urinary catheter.
This treatment calms muscle spasms of your bladder (the organ that holds your urine). These muscle spasms make you feel the urge to pee often, even when you don't really need to. This treatment stops the sudden urges that interrupt your daily life.
This procedure looks inside your bladder. Your doctor uses a viewing device called a "cystoscope." There are two types of cystoscopes. Flexible scopes are used only for viewing. Rigid scopes also have a channel to pass small instruments through.
This surgery removes your bladder. That's the organ that holds your pee. We usually do this surgery to treat bladder cancer.
This surgery provides support for your urethra. That's the tube urine flows through when you pee. A midurethral sling helps stop accidental urine leaks that happen when you sneeze, cough, laugh or exercise. This is called "stress incontinence."
Total cystectomy is surgery to remove the bladder. After the bladder is removed, a new bladder (neobladder) or an internal pouch is made to collect urine. This is called a continent urinary diversion. Learn more about this procedure.
Total cystectomy is surgery to remove the bladder. It is most often done to treat bladder cancer. After the bladder is removed, the surgeon must make a new way to drain urine from your body. This is called urinary diversion.
To help treat stress urinary incontinence (SUI), your surgeon may do a procedure called pubovaginal sling surgery. Read on to learn what to expect before, during, and after the surgery.
Retropubic suspension is a type of surgery to treat stress urinary incontinence. Read on for helpful details about the surgery and what to expect.
In this surgery, the surgeon puts a sling under the urethra. The sling keeps urine from leaking. The surgery takes about an hour.
