Bladder Incontinence

There are several forms of urine loss. Bladder incontinence is caused by a malfunction in the operation of the lower urinary tract.

More than half (57 percent) of all women between the ages of 30 and 65 appear to have suffered from unwanted urine loss. But it also happens a lot to men.

• -Stress incontinence
• Urge incontinence
• Overflow or drop incontinence
• Reflex incontinence
• Extra uteral incontinence

Bladder Incontinence

You sometimes have urine loss when you cough, run, laugh, sneeze or release… Then you suffer from stress incontinence or effort incontinence. This is not emotional stress but ‘stress’ intended as the pressure in the abdomen. In the case of stress incontinence, urine runs out of the bladder when the pressure in the abdomen increases when exerted.

The muscles and bands that support the bladder form a solid soil, called the pelvic floor. The pelvic floor supports the abdominal contents including the bladder. Normally, a sturdy pelvic floor closes the urethra to the “hard pelvic floor”. If the pelvic floor slackens due to childbirth or surgery, there is no solid surface.

A weak pelvic floor veers along and with a sudden pressure increase on the bladder as in lifting, laughing or exercising, the pelvic floor muscles will no longer manage to close the urethra perfectly.

Even in a bladder that is little filled, the urine can escape at the slightest movement, while there is no specific urge and without stopping it.

This form of incontinence is most common: 1 in 4 women over the age of 35 suffer from it.

Urge incontinence

Urge incontinence is also called incontinence. This means that the urge to urinate suddenly arises, cannot be suppressed and that it must be answered immediately.

This urgent need is often generated by contact with water or cold or by only putting the key in the lock when one comes home. There is a lot of pee; this can be the case both during the day and at night. This form of incontinence is responsible for about 20% of cases of urinary incontinence and the number of cases increases with age (*).

Urge incontinence or incontinence appears to have a greater psychosocial impact than effort incontinence.

In one in three cases, effort incontinence coincides with urge-incontinence; this is called mixed incontinence.

Overflow or Drop incontinence

When overflowing incontinence, it must be peeled without any urge to be felt in advance. The cause of overflow incontinence is usually located in a urine flow failure due to an obstacle, for example by narrowing the urethra or tumor. The urine must then be pressed inside the bladder with a strong pressure along with the impediment. Especially in men, this form of incontinence is common. Especially in combination with a prostate condition.

Washable incontinence materials are ideally suited to effectively absorb this drop of incontinence throughout the day and night.

Reflex incontinence

In reflex incontinence, there is no control over the bladder function. The cause of reflex incontinence is often in a spinal cord, but tumors in the spinal cord, as well as MS, can cause this form of bladder weakness.

Extra Uteral incontinence

In this form of incontinence, the urine shall be lost via a ‘side road’ or by-pass in the case of a functioning valve in principle. The cause can be an ulcer (fistula) between the urethra and the vagina or the Medicean intestine.