Incontinence is a medical term for the inability to voluntarily control the flow of urination.
Urine is normally produced in our two kidneys and passed to the bladder. After being stored in the bladder, urine is released into a tube called the urethra, which leads out of the body. Urine is then passed by the involuntary opening of a muscle sphincter between the bladder and the urethra and also by the voluntary opening of a sphincter in the urethra. When the body loses control of this process, the resulting disturbance is called Enuresis - the involuntary passage of urine. Incontinence affects over 20 million Americans.