Why Do Bladder Problems Become an Issue As Women Age?

Age and childbirth are the leading causes of urinary incontinence among women. Watch this video to learn from Sharecare Advisory Board member, Kevin Windom, MD, reasons why 65% of women experience bladder problems at some point in their lives.

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Bladder problems are a very common issue in women, especially as they get older. 65% of all women will have some type of urinary incontinence

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in their lifetime. And the most common reason that they have problems with their bladder is from childbirth.

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A vaginal delivery can cause tears in the connective tissue. And then over time, those tears can cause problems with the bladder falling and hypermobile urethra,

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where the urethra you cough and you sneeze and you leak urine. Also, when a woman goes through menopause, the lack of estrogen

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can cause the natural tissue to dry and cause the urethra to sort of shrink and almost stay open at rest.