Laughing, sneezing, coughing, jogging, dancing and lifting can lead to the leakage associated with stress urinary incontinence. Urge incontinence happens when a person feels a sudden and overwhelming urge to go to the bathroom and suddenly leaks urine. This type on incontinence can occur as a result of a bladder or urinary tract infection, or as a result of stroke, dementia or disease. Overflow incontinence , most common in men, is when the bladder becomes so full that it simply overflows. It is usually associated with frequent or constant dribbling and can be caused by an enlarged prostate, damaged bladder, diabetes, bladder stones or other causes of obstruction.
Treatments There are ways of curing or controlling urinary incontinence.
Medicine - some prescription medications can relax the bladder or tighten the sphincter muscles. Surgery - surgical procedures exist that can alleviate incontinence by relieving blockages in men and restoring pelvic muscles in women. Injections - certain materials, such as collagen, can be injected around the urethra to add bulk an increase resistance to urine flow. The Continence Center is one of very few facilities in the area offering this new outpatient, non-surgical procedure. Caregivers The Continence Center staff is comprised of experts from John Hopkins Geriatrics Center's long-established urinary incontinence program, urology and obstetrics and gynecology departments.