The abnormal tight shape of the forefoot can also squeeze your toes and cause corns to form and aggravate ingrowing nails. One of the best ways to see how your shoe fits your foot is to draw an outline of your foot on paper and than place your dress shoe over it. If they point towards each other significantly, your toes may one day do that also. Stress Incontinence Urinary stress incontinence occurs frequently in elderly patients. It is also found in younger, active women.
Stress incontinence is the leakage of urine during physically stressful activities.
These activities may include coughing, lifting, running and even laughing or sneezing. If you have this a problem it should be mentioned to your internist or gynecologist who can thoroughly evaluate the pelvic muscles, check for bladder infection, check the sacral nerves and evaluate if low estrogen in a peri-menopausal woman is contributing to the symptoms. The primary care physician may also evaluate a variety of other possible causes and, if necessary, refer you to a urogynecologist. Besides muscle weakness and the causes just mentioned other possible contributing factors include pregnancy, vaginal births, neurological dysfunction, obesity and gynecological surgery. Abnormal functioning of the pelvic support muscles are a frequent cause of this condition.