Incontinence: Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes for Incontinence

Hydrocephalus

Incontinence worsens as dementia progresses. [amboss.com]

[…] absorption Secondary: impaired CSF absorption caused by hemorrhage and/or inflammation and subsequent fibrosis of the subarachnoid villi Clinical features Classic triad Urinary incontinence [amboss.com]

[…] impairment of mental or motor performance decline in academic or work performance Top of page Young & Middle-aged Adults: incontinence headache unrelieved by pain medication [hydrocephalus.ca]

Organophosphate Poisoning

Faecal incontinence is a debilitating condition. Sacral neuromodulation may have a role in the treatment of faecal incontinence. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, and fecal and urinary incontinence, cardiac symptoms such as hypotension, bradycardia, and tearing, drooling, and miosis [quizlet.com]

[…] pressure) Arrhythmias Dysrhythmias (prolonged QT on EKG, ventricular tachycardia) Gastrointestinal signs and symptoms Abdominal pain Nausea & and vomiting Diarrhea Urinary incontinence [emergency.cdc.gov]

Achondroplasia

Complications associated with achondroplasia include: Neurologic complications due to cervicomedullary compression: quadriparesis, paresthesia, paraparesis, incontinence, [symptoma.com]

Search: Home Bath Safety Braces Impotence & Male ED Incontinence Mobility Shop By Categories Shop by Topic Gift Ideas Respiratory Miscellaneous Home Bath Safety Bath Lifts [activeforever.com]

This may cause paralysis, breathing difficulty, pain, bladder or bowel incontinence, tingling and weakness in the legs, making daily life further complicated or difficult [dovemed.com]

Familial Paget Disease of Bone

Compression at the base of the skull may lead to basilar invagination, cerebellar dysfunction and even obstructive hydrocephalus, resulting in nausea, ataxia, incontinence [academic.oup.com]

Oligoastrocytoma

[…] suffered from brief seizures, which worsened in severity over the course of the next eight years, and began to involve loss of consciousness and muscle tone, occasional incontinence [web.colby.edu]

Urinary Tract Infection

The most frequent symptoms were foul smelling urine (41%), change in urine color (31%), and incontinence (25%), and the most common sign was fever (34%). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

People with incontinence are at an increased risk for UTIs because of the close contact that adult briefs and other incontinence products have with their skin. [agingcare.com]

Urinary incontinence, pelvic floor dysfunction, exercise and sport. Sports Medicine, 34, (7), 451-464. [libguides.lub.lu.se]

Constipation

BACKGROUND Fecal incontinence and constipation are common gastrointestinal complaints, but rarely occur concurrently. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Sacral nerve stimulation for treatment of fecal incontinence: A Novel Approach for Intractable Fecal Incontinence. Dis Colon Rectum 2001; 44: 619-631. [web.archive.org]

There are no objective measures of faecal incontinence. [dx.doi.org]

Vulvitis

Urinary incontinence. Changes to the vulval skin — this can occur in women after the menopause. [irishhealth.com]

by urine or stool if it remains in contact with the vulva (as may occur in women who have incontinence or are confined to bed), contact with urine and stool sometimes cause [en.wikipedia.org]

The most common causes of secondary vulvitis are: urinary incontinence vaginal discharge The barrier is reduced in cases of vulval atrophy or degeneration resulting from: [gpnotebook.co.uk]

Acute Cystitis

Four categories of incontinence Total incontinence Stress incontinence Urge incontinence Overflow incontinence Loss of urine at all times and in all positions Results as [quizlet.com]

Some common ones are Cystitis - inflammation of the bladder, often from an infection Urinary incontinence - loss of bladder control Overactive bladder - a condition in which [icdlist.com]

Incontinence: A role for the microbiome in urge incontinence? Nat Rev Urol 2014;11:486. [ Crossref ] [ PubMed ] Braundmeier-Fleming A, Russell NT, Yang W, et al. [doi.org]

Urinary Stress Incontinence

The primary outcomes were success in terms of overall urinary-incontinence measures, which required a negative pad test, no urinary incontinence (as recorded in a 3-day diary [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Incontinence (wetting episodes), pelvic muscle strength, exercises compliance, correctness of pelvic muscle exercise technique, duration of stress incontinence, and previous [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

All patients had significant stress incontinence. Co-existing urge incontinence was present in 70%; no intraoperative complications. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Cystitis

For urge incontinence or overacti Read more 1 2 3 4 5 next [cobfoundation.org]

Some suffer from genuine stress incontinence, which is leaking of urine on coughing, sneezing or jumping, for instance. [womens-health-concern.org]

The clinical presentation of ketamine cystitis varies and may mimic those presented in interstitial cystitis (IC), such as voiding frequency, urgency with urge incontinence [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Atrophic Vaginitis

Moreover, it has been suggested that reduced oestrogen levels may affect periurethral tissues and contribute to pelvic laxity and stress incontinence. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

12 Stress Incontinence (SI) is the most common cause of incontinence in women who are in the reproductive years or early postmenopausal years. 1 It is defined as urine leakage [uspharmacist.com]

The vaginal epithelium may become inflamed, contributing to urinary symptoms such as frequency, urgency, dysuria, incontinence, and/or recurrent infections. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Severe postprostatectomy incontinence: Is there an association between preoperative urodynamic findings and outcome of incontinence surgery? [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Chronic urologic conditions, including benign prostatic hyperplasia, recurrent urinary tract infections, and urinary incontinence, are common in older adults. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

URGE INCONTINENCE With urge incontinence, you leak urine because the bladder muscles squeeze, or contract, at the wrong times. [web.archive.org]

Cystocele

We tested the feasibility of using a larger graft to correct cystocele with or without stress urinary incontinence. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

RESULTS: Twenty-one patients did not demonstrate any stress urinary incontinence. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Ten percent of those with urinary incontinence continued to suffer from incontinence after surgery. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Hemorrhoids

Fecal incontinence care at Mayo Clinic Oct. 12, 2018 References Fecal incontinence. [mayoclinic.com]

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Endpoints were pain, recurrence, bleeding, itching/burning, urinary retention, incontinence symptoms, and prolonged rate of wound healing. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The second patient was a 43-year-old woman without a history of previous fecal incontinence, but 1 year after surgery persistent occasional incontinence to liquid and solid [dx.doi.org]

Intertrigo

Intertrigo is most frequently seen in overweight people, diabetics, people spending a lot of time in bed, diaper users, or anyone with incontinence problems. [skinsight.com]

Other predisposing risk factors include urinary and fecal incontinence, hyperhidrosis, poor hygiene, and malnutrition. Toe interweb intertrigo may be associated. [medicaljoyworks.com]

Barrier creams, such as zinc oxide paste, may be helpful for individuals wearing diapers or having incontinence problems. If overweight, weight loss is recommended. [skinsight.com]

Rectocele

Incontinence to flatus was slightly increased in group I (p = 0.33) and group II (p = 0.6). Incontinence to solid stool was not statistically different in either group. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

CONCLUSION: A significant reduction of incontinence and constipation or obstructed defaecation syndrome after LVR was observed in this large retrospective study. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Patients with higher grade intussusception suffered more frequently from incontinence than from constipation. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Diabetic Enteropathy

It could be presented as constipations, diarrhoea or faecal incontinence. The aetiology is multifactorial. [semanticscholar.org]

Symptoms may relate to any region of the alimentary tract; the common ones are heartbum, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, fecal incontinence, and abdominal pain. [mayoclinic.pure.elsevier.com]

As you may imagine, the symptoms of enteropathy are not pleasant: diarrhea, constipation, and fecal incontinence. Oh joy. [blog.thediabetessite.greatergood.com]

Anterior Cerebral Artery Occlusion

Incontinence of urine. Mentality and personality changes. Forced grasp reflex. [notes.medicosnotes.com]

The patient presented with acute onset of complete weakness of right lower limb, urinary incontinence, and abulia. [ruralneuropractice.com]

Incontinence and gait aplaxia are two of the commonest manifestations of ACA territory infarction. [jpgmonline.com]

Diabetic Autonomic Neuropathy

dysuria, urinary incontinence, the gustatory sweating, impotence etc. and were confirmed by standing test for orthostatic hypotension, hand grip test, Valsalva test and [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Leaking urine or not being able to hold urine is called urinary incontinence. [niddk.nih.gov]

Antibiotics may be prescribed to help treat bacterial infections and catheterization may be appropriate in people suffering from urinary incontinence. [diabetes.co.uk]

Lower Urinary Tract Infection

Some people have mixed incontinence, which is both stress incontinence and urge incontinence. [patient.info]

Incontinence: Report of the 4th International Consultation on Incontinence. [bmcgeriatr.biomedcentral.com]

This incomplete emptying leads to stagnation of urine with subsequent inflammation (dysuria), irritation (spasms, urgency, and frequency), incontinence (overflow or spasms [stlouischildrens.org]

Uterine Prolapse

Urinary incontinence is common. [merckmanuals.com]

Among them, 18 had urodynamic stress incontinence, 30 had occult stress urinary incontinence, and six had mixed urinary incontinence. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

incontinence. [obgyn.ucla.edu]

Upper Urinary Tract Infection

The most prominent symptoms are voiding, such as dysuria, frequency, urgency and urinary incontinence. 11 • Upper UTI or acute pyelonephritis (APN) Infections that reach and [guiasalud.es]

[online] Available at: http://www.WebMD.com/urinary-incontinence-oab/overactive-bladder-in-children [Accessed 6 Apr. 2015]. Other urinary incontinence causes [depend.com.au]

Incontinent diversion If catheterization is impossible, incontinent diversion is indicated. [intechopen.com]

Autonomic Neuropathy

Urinary incontinence: This may develop because a person may not be able to sense when the bladder is full. [stanfordhealthcare.org]

Signs and symptoms[edit] The signs and symptoms of autonomic neuropathy include the following:[citation needed] Urinary bladder conditions: bladder incontinence or urinary [en.wikipedia.org]

Leaking urine or not being able to hold urine is called urinary incontinence. [niddk.nih.gov]

Neurogenic Bladder

Urinary incontinence happens when the bladder and sphincters dysfunction. Urge incontinence occurs with a spastic bladder or an overactive one. [symptoma.com]

Medical Care Treatment of urinary incontinence varies by type, as follows: Stress incontinence may be treated with surgical and some non-surgical approaches Urge incontinence [emedicine.medscape.com]

The surgical repair of the sphincter and the sling muscle will improve incontinence issues. [symptoma.com]

Obstipation

Six children had moderate success; in one, nocturnal incontinence persisted, and in two diurnal and nocturnal incontinence continued. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Sacral nerve stimulation for treatment of fecal incontinence: A Novel Approach for Intractable Fecal Incontinence. Dis Colon Rectum 2001; 44: 619-631. [web.archive.org]

In 147 patients with fecal incontinence (male:female, 24/123; median age, 58) only EMG activity was recorded. [doi.org]

Pelvic Organ Prolapse

(3) pelvic organ prolapse and urgency urinary incontinence, and (4) pelvic organ prolapse, urinary incontinence, and fecal incontinence. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

At long-term follow-up 12 patients became continent without incontinence surgery or medical treatment leaving only 21 patients (7%) incontinent. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The primary outcome was subsequent development of either stress incontinence or pelvic organ prolapse. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Vaginal Prolapse

The second primary end point was the presence of incontinence at 12 months, allowing for subsequent treatment for incontinence. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: Patients with genital prolapse and occult stress urinary incontinence (OSUI) are typically treated with prolapse surgery and anti-incontinence [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] treatment for urinary incontinence, and urinary incontinence (stress, urge, or mixed), regardless of whether interim treatment for incontinence had been provided. [clinicaltrials.gov]

Fecal Impaction

Compared with enemas, PEG caused more fecal incontinence, with comparable behavior scores. The treatments should be considered equally as first-line therapy for RFI. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Common causes of impaction are rocks and… … Wikipedia Fecal incontinence — ICD 10 R15 ICD 9 787.6 Fecal incontinence (or faecal incontinence, FI) is the loss of regular control [translate.enacademic.com]

Immobility and fecal incontinence were strongly associated with fecal impaction in cases of diarrhea. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Third Degree Uterine Prolapse

The incontinence ring and incontinence dish pessaries are most commonly used in patients with stress urinary incontinence. [aafp.org]

Have very minor episodes of incontinence. [realself.com]

238 Symptoms 238 Genuine Stress Incontinence 238 Other Incontinence Mechanisms 239 Overflow Incontinence 239 Neurological Disease 239 Other Symptoms and Signs Associated [clinicalgate.com]