Incontinence
* affects all ages, both sexes, and people of every social and economic level
  - many adults, but much more is known about incontinence in women than in men
  - millions of women
  - people of all ages
  - women twice as often as men
* can also affect men
  - decrease libido and inhibit arousal
  - occur as a result of other medical conditions
* can be a result of old age which can cause a loss of bladder control
  - the result of radiation, medication, or surgery
  - very distressing for the person with dementia
  - become a devastating medical, social and psychological problem
  - last for weeks and is permanent in a small percentage of cases
  - occasionally occur, causing great embarrassment and anxiety
* can occur for many reasons
  - in mild or severe forms
  - to males and females, old and young
  - seriously affect a person's lifestyle
* causes can be environmental, medical or both.
* chronic, psychologically stressful, and limiting disorder.
* common and treatable condition.
* common problem of both dogs and cats
  - that affects women of all ages
* condition which causes an uncontrolled leakage from the bladder or bowel.
* distressing and isolating condition
  - condition with significant medical, social and economic implications
* effects women two times more often than men and is treatable.
* has many different causes
  - several causes
* improves somewhat over time after surgery.
* increases after menopause.
* is also common
  - more common in older people
* is always a symptom of some other health problem
  - or side effect of another medical condition
  - an involuntary loss of bladder control
  - another common disease of the urinary system
  - any involuntary loss of urine
  - both a health and social problem
  - common after radical prostatectomy
  - contrary to choice while vice is in accordance with choice
  - due to inability to reach and use the toilet
  - elimination
  - fairly rare in children
  - inevitable for women who have given birth
  - loss of bladder and bowel control
  - made worse by weight gain
  - never normal, it is almost always treatable, and often completely curable
  - one of the major reasons amoung the elderly for admission into a nursing home
  - seen more frequently among the elderly
  - simply involuntary wetting
  - sometimes the first and only symptom of a urinary tract infection
* is somewhat expensive because of having to buy perineal pads continuously
  - more common in women
* is the impaired ability to control gas or stool
  - inability to control the passage of urine, gas, or solid stool
  - involuntary expulsion of urine or faeces
* is the involuntary loss of bladder or bowel control
  - urine, and is fairly common in women
  - passage of stool
* is the loss of bowel or bladder control
  - urinary control
  - most common cause for institutionalizing an elderly person
  - partial or complete lack of bladder or bowel control
  - refusal to use reason to moderate a natural instinct, like love or hunger
  - term used for frequent or severe leaking of urine from the bladder
  - treatable and often curable at all ages
  - unwanted loss of urinary control
  - very common and occurs about twice as often in women as in men
* major unsolved problem in the institutional care of the profoundly retarded.
* means transgressing the ordinary standards in respect of pleasure and pain.
* medical problem that can be helped
  - term for the inability to voluntarily control the flow of urination
* natural part of the aging process.
* normal consequence of aging.
* occurs both in individuals with a normal and an abnormal pelvic floor
  - in children and young adults, but the largest number affected is the elderly
* only occurs in a small percentage of patients.
* part of normal aging.
* problem in the early days after a stroke.
* results from progressive brain damage
  - when bladder pressure exceeds sphincter resistance
* serious problem for patient and caregiver.
* significantly impacts on social and work related aspects of an individual's life.
* symptom that can be caused by a wide variety of conditions
  - with many forms and causes
* tends to affect bitches when they are asleep.
* very common problem in women of all ages.