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[[Kegel exercise]]s to strengthen or retrain [[pelvic floor muscles]] and sphincter muscles can reduce stress leakage.<ref name="pmid17625461">{{cite journal |author=Choi H, Palmer MH, Park J |title=Meta-analysis of pelvic floor muscle training: randomized controlled trials in incontinent women |journal=Nursing research |volume=56 |issue=4 |pages=226-34 |year=2007 |pmid=17625461 |doi=10.1097/01.NNR.0000280610.93373.e1}}</ref> Patients younger than 60 years old benefit the most.<ref name="pmid17625461"/> The patient should do at least 24 daily contractions for at least 6 weeks. | [[Kegel exercise]]s to strengthen or retrain [[pelvic floor muscles]] and sphincter muscles can reduce stress leakage.<ref name="pmid17625461">{{cite journal |author=Choi H, Palmer MH, Park J |title=Meta-analysis of pelvic floor muscle training: randomized controlled trials in incontinent women |journal=Nursing research |volume=56 |issue=4 |pages=226-34 |year=2007 |pmid=17625461 |doi=10.1097/01.NNR.0000280610.93373.e1}}</ref> Patients younger than 60 years old benefit the most.<ref name="pmid17625461"/> The patient should do at least 24 daily contractions for at least 6 weeks. A [[systematic review]] concluded "pelvic floor muscle training would resolve 490 cases of stress urinary incontinence."<ref name="Tatyana">Tatyana A. Shamliyan et al., “Systematic Review: Randomized, Controlled Trials of Nonsurgical Treatments for Urinary Incontinence in Women,” Ann Intern Med (February 11, 2008): http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/0000605-200803180-00211v1<ref> | ||
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Revision as of 23:55, 13 February 2008
Urinary incontinence is defined as "Involuntary loss of urine, such as leaking of urine. It is a symptom of various underlying pathological processes."[1]
Classification
Urge incontinence
Stress incontinence
Causes
Incontinence is more common after a hysterectomy.[2]
Treatment
Exercises
Kegel exercises to strengthen or retrain pelvic floor muscles and sphincter muscles can reduce stress leakage.[3] Patients younger than 60 years old benefit the most.[3] The patient should do at least 24 daily contractions for at least 6 weeks. A systematic review concluded "pelvic floor muscle training would resolve 490 cases of stress urinary incontinence."Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
Anticholinergic drugs such as oxybutynin and tolterodine are effective according to a systematic review.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
References
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- ↑ Altman D, Granath F, Cnattingius S, Falconer C (2007). "Hysterectomy and risk of stress-urinary-incontinence surgery: nationwide cohort study". Lancet 370 (9597): 1494–9. DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61635-3. PMID 17964350. Research Blogging.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Choi H, Palmer MH, Park J (2007). "Meta-analysis of pelvic floor muscle training: randomized controlled trials in incontinent women". Nursing research 56 (4): 226-34. DOI:10.1097/01.NNR.0000280610.93373.e1. PMID 17625461. Research Blogging.