It also may have interfered with your everyday activities such as shopping, lifting or walking. Incontinence can make you feel less feminine and less intimate with others. But, wait. . . Incontinence is a common and treatable condition. This WWW site provides information about female bladder control, its causes, symptoms, treatment options and the names of experienced doctors in your area who may be able to help you.
Urinary incontinence is the loss of bladder control or uncontrolled urine leakage.
There are several types of urinary incontinence that affect women. Stress incontinence - The most common type, stress incontinence, affects one of every six women over the age of forty. Stress incontinence commonly causes urine leakage when coughing, sneezing, laughing, jumping or running. Urge incontinence - Women who suffer from urge incontinence have an incredible urge to urinate and often leak on their way to the bathroom. Sometimes they leak without warning.