How is urinary incontinence treatment done?

Everyone has a secret hidden and embarrassing illness urinary incontinence There is no age and gender discrimination. This disturbance, which can be seen in many people, can occur especially in women after childbirth.

Anatolia Health Central Obstetrics and Gynecology Specialist Assoc. Dr. Fatih Power, the vagina during birth may be from disorders such as urinary incontinence occurring in advancing age, he says, can occur. Power, "risk group varies according to the type of incontinence problems. It is difficult to describe a specific group of patients with overactive bladder problems.

Overactive bladder can be a problem not only for women but also for men, and the frequency increases as the age goes on, "he says.

A problem of urinary incontinence can occur when you are laughing, coughing, sneezing, exercising, walking, even sitting or lifting a heavy object. The problem of involuntary and sudden urinary incontinence in everyday life can be seen in many people regardless of gender.

It is necessary to apply to the expert before such situations occur. Anadolu Health Center Obstetrics and Gynecology Specialist Assoc. Dr. Fatih Güçer describes the causes and solutions of the incontinence problem.

Urinary incontinence is seen more at later ages

"As you get older, urinary incontinence can occur in different types of urination," says Gücer. These different types of urinary incontinence can be seen together in the same person, making the situation more complicated. "We can separate these types as stress incontinence, stomach incontinence and overactive mesenteric patients," he says. Strength ranks urinary incontinence in the different types seen due to aging as follows;

Stress incontinence; laughing, coughing, and lifting a heavy object in everyday life. This type of urinary incontinence is seen in women who have uterine or vaginal prolapse due to withdrawal of estrogen hormone, which can be vital for vaginal viability after menopause as well as in young women who have a normal birth.

• Urinary Abduction when Pinched; It is a type of incontinence which is mostly neuro-muscular sub-structure, and when the person needs to go to the toilet even if he does not go out frequently during the day, he misses the urine as much as the toilet goes.

• Overactive bipolar patients; In fact, the leading problem of these patients is frequent urination, but in some cases there is urinary incontinence.

How is urinary incontinence treated?

Slightly living illnesses can be removed with exercise, voicing the need for surgical intervention in middle and advanced urinary incontinence.

"If there is only urinary incontinence in the patient who has experienced stress incontinence in the last years in the surgical treatment techniques, if there is no vaginal and uterine sagging accompanying urinary incontinence, the treatment is completed with a surgery that takes 15-20 minutes.

The first thing to do in patients with a problem of urinary incontinence is to excrete a simple urinary tract infection, both in the case of an overactive bladder problem.

Later, the life style of the person, the liquid type consumed, the measures to be taken about the amount are taught. Patients in whom these measures are not enough, bladder gymnastics, Kegel exercises, biofeedback treatments, electrical stimulation of the pelvic floor muscles can be tried. Finally, drug treatment can be passed, "he says.