Stress incontinence causes urine leakage when coughing, laughing, sneezing, or exercising. Prostate cancer treatments may damage the muscles that form this valve or the nerves that keep the muscle working.
Stress incontinence is the most common type of incontinence after prostate surgery.
Men with overflow incontinence take a long time to urinate and have a dribbling stream with little force. Overflow incontinence is usually due to blockage or narrowing of the bladder outlet, by cancer or scar tissue, thus poor emptying of the bladder occurs. Men with urge incontinence often have a sudden need to go to the bathroom to pass urine. This problem occurs when the bladder becomes over-sensitive to stretching by urine accumulation. Treatment of incontinence depends on its type, cause, and severity.