Incontinence Education And Support for Patients, Caregivers, and professionals
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Incontinence Education And Support For Patients, Caregivers and Professionals
Incontinence, the involuntary loss of urine or fecal matter, is not a condition that anyone should have to “just live with.” It’s not something you need to accept as you get older, or an inevitable consequence of childbirth or surgery. Incontinence is a treatable medical condition, whether you have occasional light wetness, heavier bladder leakage, bedwetting, or bowel issues such as IBS or IBD. No matter what type of bladder or bowel symptoms you might be experiencing, help is available. This is the place you should be.
Incontinence Education And Support for Patients, Caregivers, and professionals
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A little nerve could be all it takes to stop your leaks…
If you think that your only hope for treating overactive bladder is to focus on your pelvic floor muscles, you may be overlooking a different type of approach that’s been proven successful for hundreds of thousands of patients: Nerve stimulation. It turns out that certain nerves play a critical role in bladder function, and there are devices that can stimulate those nerves to substantially reduce leaks. Many patients find that their symptoms improve by 50% or more with a simple, in-office procedure called sacral neuromodulation. Today’s guest is Dr. Vikas Desai, a urologist, a board-certified member of the American Urologic Association and a member of the Society of Prosthetic Urologic Surgeons, to tell us more about it.
Can UTI’s cause Incontinence? And How They are Related as Women Age
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Speaking Up About Incontinence
For many people living with bladder leaks, the hardest part isn’t the symptoms themselves.
It’s deciding to talk about them.
Bladder leaks can feel too small to mention, too embarrassing to explain, or not “serious enough” to justify a doctor’s visit. Many people quietly manage symptoms for years—adjusting their routines, limiting activities, and hoping things don’t get worse.
If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. And you’re not wrong for feeling this way.
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We Count! A new campaign to help women with incontinence
Did you realize that half of all women will experience incontinence? Or that more people have incontinence than either diabetes or heart disease? As alarming as those figures are, incontinence is still something that too few people are willing to talk about, and the end result is that millions suffer in silence – often for years and years – even though there are treatments that can work wonders for them.
That’s why NAFC is introducing the We Count campaign.
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Wondering what a prolapsed bladder feels like and curious if you have one? Maybe you’ve started feeling a heaviness in your pelvic floor region. Or,
Speaking Up About Incontinence
For many people living with bladder leaks, the hardest part isn’t the symptoms themselves.
It’s deciding to talk about them.
Bladder leaks can feel too small to mention, too embarrassing to explain, or not “serious enough” to justify a doctor’s visit. Many people quietly manage symptoms for years—adjusting their routines, limiting activities, and hoping things don’t get worse.
If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. And you’re not wrong for feeling this way.