If you can't move easily, and you are taking medicines that increase urination or decrease control, the likelihood of accidents may occur. There are many other causes of transient incontinence. However, if onset is sudden, you should first consider medicines or infections as possible causes. Chronic incontinence is incontinence that is continuous and is not caused by medicines or acute illness. The major types of chronic incontinence are urge, stress and overflow.
Urge incontinence is the most common type of incontinence in our age group.
It happens when the contractions of the bladder are unregulated. The lack of regulation results in the leakage of moderate to large amounts of urine. The usual causes are nervous system diseases or chronic infections. The condition can be treated with special behavior training and medicines that counteract the bladdercontractions. Stress incontinence is a condition that is usually found in females, but it may be seen in men after prostate surgery.