Health Thoughts

Adult incontinence can be a difficult problem to deal with.  While most often thought of as a women’s problem, both men and women can experience incontinence.  Incontinence can range in severity from a slightly annoying occasional occurrence to a debilitating situation that prevents you from leaving home.  Dealing with adult incontinence takes patience along with some knowledge of how to better handle the situation.

If you suffer from adult incontinence, you should schedule a visit to the doctor.  Sometimes there is an underlying medical condition that is causing the situation.  Your doctor will be able to make a good assessment and provide you with some suggestions on what to do about it.  In some cases, minor surgery will easily correct the problem while other times there may be no easy solution.  You may also want to read about incontinence online.

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There could be a single and easily identifiable cause for your adult incontinence or possibly even a multitude of things that are contributing to the problem, but effectively treating your problem requires an accurate diagnosis.  If your doctor’s suggested course of treatment doesn’t seem to be alleviating the problem as well as you’d like it too, there may be other contributing factors that need to be dealt with.

Ask your doctor if any of the prescription medications that you may be taking could be contributing to your adult incontinence.  If your frequent and overwhelming urge or other symptoms could be side effects of a medication that you are taking, see if there are viable alternatives that won’t contribute to your incontinence. (more…)