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Urinary Incontinence
Urinary incontinence describes involuntary urine leakage, with stress, urgency and mixed patterns distinguished by the circumstances of that loss.
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Urinary incontinence is the complaint of any involuntary leakage of urine. It is a symptom description rather than a single disease, and the circumstances in which leakage occurs are used to classify the symptom .1,2
Common symptom types include stress urinary incontinence, in which leakage occurs with effort or physical exertion or with actions such as sneezing or coughing; urgency urinary incontinence, in which involuntary leakage is accompanied by or immediately preceded by urinary urgency; and mixed urinary incontinence, which includes both stress and urgency leakage .2
Urinary incontinence should be distinguished from urinary urgency or increased urinary frequency without leakage. The core definition requires involuntary urine loss, while the subtype describes the pattern associated with that loss. Stress, urgency, and mixed urinary incontinence are common classifications but do not encompass every possible presentation .2
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- Faltin DL [Epidemiology and definition of female urinary incontinence]. Journal de gynecologie, obstetrique et biologie de la reproduction. 2009. About this source DOI
- Abrams P, Cardozo L, Fall M, Griffiths D, Rosier P, Ulmsten U, van Kerrebroeck P, Victor A, Wein A, Standardisation Sub-committee of the International Continence Society The standardisation of terminology of lower urinary tract function: report from the Standardisation Sub-committee of the International Continence Society. Neurourology and urodynamics. 2002. About this source DOI
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