Forms and causes of urinary incontinence The inability to store urine completely in the bladder is divided into different forms. The most common types of incontinence are so-called urge incontinence, stress or strain incontinence and overflow incontinence. Urge Incontinence The so-called urge incontinence is characterized by a sudden strong urge to urinate. In many cases … Forms and causes of urinary incontinence | Incontinence
Mixed incontinence The so-called mixed incontinence is a combination of stress and urge incontinence. Overflow incontinence So-called overflow incontinence is usually caused by a flow disorder. As a result of the reduced urine outflow, a permanently overfilled bladder develops. Over time, the enormous pressure load on the bladder causes the closing pressure of the external … Mixed incontinence | Incontinence
Overactive bladder syndrome In the case of the syndrome of the overactive bladder, the affected patients experience a sudden, unsuppressible urge to urinate. In many cases, the patient is hardly able to go to the toilet in time. Affected patients usually have a micturition frequency (frequency of visits to the toilet) of at least 8 … Overactive bladder syndrome | Incontinence
Synonyms for “incontinence” are wetting, enuresis, urinary incontinence. The term “incontinence” does not refer to a single clinical picture. Rather, this term covers a number of diseases in which substances of the organism cannot be regularly retained. In medicine, a distinction is made above all between faecal and urinary incontinence. In addition, the uncontrolled dripping … Incontinence
