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Stress
Incontinence: Stress Incontinence refers to the
accidental leakage of urine brought on by physical
activities such as sneezing, laughing, coughing or
exercise.
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Urge
Incontinence: Often associated with symptoms of
urinary frequency, and frequent nighttime voids, urge
incontinence is leakage associated with a sudden
overpowering desire to urinate.
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Overactive
Bladder: The combination of urinary frequency,
nighttime voiding and urge incontinence.
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Mixed
Incontinence: Many patients suffer from a mix of
both stress and urge incontinence.
If you suffer from this condition, you generally
will leak both with and without activity.
You may be very wet, requiring the use of
multiple pads per day.
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Overflow
Incontinence: Overflow incontinence may occur when
the bladder does not empty properly due to obstruction
of flow (as can occur with an enlarged prostate), or
from a weakened bladder muscle.
Over time, the amount of urine in the bladder
builds up and exceeds the capacity of the bladder,
causing leakage.
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Rectal
Incontinence: Rectal incontinence is the loss of
normal control of the bowels.
This leads to stool leaking from the rectum (the
last part of the large intestine) unexpectedly.
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Dyspareunia:
Painful intercourse, often caused by increased
tension in the pelvic floor muscles, making penetration
painful.
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Prolapse:
When the pelvic organs drop and press against the
vaginal walls due to the supporting structures
stretching, pressure or a sense of fullness or heaviness
occurs in the vagina. It
can create an achiness in the lower abdomen, groin, or
back. Sometimes,
urinary symptoms may also occur with this. ·
Pelvic
Pain:
Pelvic pain can be defined as pain located below the
navel and between the hip area that lasts more than six
months. This pain can be due to vaginissmus, vulvodynia,
pudendal neuralgia, interstitial cystitis,
endometriosis, painful bladder syndrome and/or
post-hysterectomy.
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