What Is Urinary Incontinence in Women?

Urinary incontinence is the loss of urine when you don’t intend it, according to Patricia Geraghty, NP. In this video, she describes the difference between stress urinary incontinence and mixed urinary incontinence.

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Urinary incontinence means the loss of urine, when you don't intend it, leaking of urine.

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There's a couple of different kinds of urinary incontinence. Perhaps the most common, most familiar one,

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is what we call stress urinary incontinence, when you cough or sneeze there's a little bit of a loss of urine. Mixed urinary incontinence would be

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some stress urinary incontinence, with just some actual leaking. And it's due to a relaxation of the muscles that

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control the bladder and keep the urine in place. It's called a sphincter muscle. So if those muscles are not as strong, then leaking can occur.

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And it has a terrible impact on a woman's life, but it's entirely treatable.