What is Urinary Incontinence?
Urinary incontinence or loss of bladder control is a common and often embarrassing problem. The severity changes occasionally, but it affects your daily activities. It’s essential you visit your doctor. For most people, simple lifestyle and dietary changes, or medical care, can treat the symptoms of urinary incontinence.
The condition starts with occasional, minor urine leaks. It can lead to large urine accidents and sudden urges to urinate under stressful activities such as coughing and laughing.
Types of Urinary Incontinence
Multiple medical conditions can lead to urinary incontinence. The condition is categorized into the following 6 types:
- Stress incontinence: Urine leaks when you exert pressure on your bladder by coughing, sneezing, laughing, exercising, or lifting something heavy.
- Urge incontinence: A sudden and intense urge that forces a person to urinate, and they urinate involuntarily.
- Overflow incontinence: Occurs when you experience persistent urine dribbling because your bladder fails to empty completely.
- Functional Incontinence: A physical or mental condition incapacitates you from arriving at or reaching the toilet in due time.
- Mixed Incontinence: The condition causes you to experience multiple types of urinary incontinence, typically including both stress and urge incontinence.
- Transient Incontinence: This kind of incontinence is usually temporary and is induced by a condition such as pregnancy or chronic kidney disease.
How Our Gynecologists Diagnose Urinary Incontinence
There are many reasons that women experience bladder problems. But the good news is that all of them are treatable. Dr. G Medical Solutions’ treatment begins with a comprehensive evaluation and diagnosis of the cause of the problem.
We comprehensively review the signs of medical conditions that might cause female incontinence and suggest the following tests:
- Bladder Stress Test
- Pad Test
- Post Void Residual Measurement (PVD)
- Urinalysis
- Urodynamic Testing
- Cystoscopy & Cystography
- Pelvic Ultrasound
Treatments Available for Urinary Incontinence at Dr. G Medical Solutions
Medications can stabilize muscle contraction that causes an overactive bladder. Other medications relax the muscles to allow the bladder to empty completely.
At Dr. G Medical Solutions, treatment options may include:
- Dietary changes
- Lifestyle changes
- Kegel exercises
- Bladder training
- Pelvic floor exercises
- Medications
- Nerve stimulation
- Laser treatments
- Medical device insertion
- Injections
- Urinary incontinence surgery
Dr. G Medical Solutions offers minimally invasive laparoscopic and robotic surgeries for urinary incontinence if conservative options don’t work. In certain cases, we may recommend multiple treatments to ensure long-lasting results.
Why Choose Dr. G Medical Solutions for Urinary Incontinence Treatment
- Comprehensive Diagnostics: We have every possible state-of-the art tool and equipment to efficiently pinpoint the underlying cause of urinary incontinence.
- Trusted Urologists: Dr. G Medical Solutions has a capable team led by Dr. Andrew Gulbis, who accurately identifies and treats urinary incontinence.
- Comprehensive Care: We provide comprehensive diagnosis and treatment options to help women regain bladder control and live a normal life.
- Convenient Location in Livingston, TX: Dr. G Medical Solutions is located in the center of Livingston, making it easy for everyone to access the facility.
If you feel the symptoms of urinary incontinence, please do not be embarrassed to let the experts at Dr. G Medical Solutions know. We fully understand the symptoms and offer expert solutions to restore your life.
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