8 out of 10 cases of urinary incontinence can be improved. Bladder problems are not a natural consequence of aging. More people suffer from an overactive bladder than osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. Women are most likely to develop incontinence either during pregnancy and childbirth, or after menopausal hormone changes. Older men can become incontinent as the result of prostate surgery.
Older men can become incontinent as the result of prostate surgery.
1 in 4 women, ages 30 to 59, have experienced urinary incontinence. Incontinence is often cited as the major cause of premature nursing home admissions. Women wait an average of 7 years before talking with their doctor about bladder-control problems. Stress incontinence is the leakage of small amounts of urine when intra-abdominal pressure is raised by coughing, sneezing, laughing, bending, lifting or straining. Urge incontinence is the compelling need to urinate and the inability to inhibit leakage long enough to reach a restroom.