Moderate Health

Adult incontinence is a problem that affects millions of people. If you don’t suffer from incontinence, there is a good chance that you know someone who does, even if they haven’t told anyone about it. Because it is an embarrassing problem, most people don’t like to talk about it. Men and women both suffer from the condition and it can range in severity. Some people might only have small leakage that doesn’t seem like much of a problem. Other people have more serious issues including the complete loss of their bladder. The following are several different types of incontinence.

Urge incontinence is a sudden and painful need to urinate. The bladder might be contracting too much because there is damage to the bladder or to nerves. The sufferer will feel as though they have to go to the bathroom even before their bladder is full. They have the urge, but they can’t go.

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People who suffer from chronic incontinence may begin to feel as though there is nothing they can do to alleviate the stress and embarrassment of their situation, but that isn’t necessarily true.  Even for individuals who don’t want to resort to invasive procedures or expensive drugs, there are a number of very simple and effective steps that can have a very positive impact on adult incontinence.

Setting up a bathroom schedule is a very simple step that can go a long way toward avoiding embarrassing accidents.  Adult incontinence can occur for a wide variety of reasons and you may not even have a notion that an episode is coming, so setting up a regular schedule to urinate regardless of the level of urge can help a great deal in preventing occurrences of accidents.  Setting up the most effective schedule for your situation may require a bit of trial and error, but once you’ve found the best timing you should be able to structure your day around your bathroom schedule with minimal chances for embarrassing accidents. Read more…