Is the person submitting the inability to stop urine leakage. It is a very common problem in older individuals (15 to 20% have it). Women are at greater risk of developing a relationship of two of them for every man.
There is a serious disorder, but affects the quality of life of the sufferer, especially in the social and emotional, in many cases is a source of shame and depression, and may be a risk factor for accidents, since by the urge to go to the bathroom may fall and break easily. Urinary incontinence can be a temporary condition, the result of an underlying medical condition. It can range from the discomfort of slight losses of urine to frequent and intense.
Depending on the factors that originate, it can be classified into incontinence:
* In emergency: it is more common in older people, the individual can not suppress the desire to urinate and usually comes out of the urine without being able to reach the toilet. They also often occur in people with diabetes (blood sugar) or with brain disorders.
* In effort: it is the most common, presents a low urine output when performing an activity that generates increased pressure to the abdomen, lifting heavy objects, coughing, sneezing, laughing, to name a few. It is caused by deficiency in the muscles that control urine leakage.
* For Overload occurs when the quantity stored in the bladder urine exceeds its capacity to contain it. Usually, there is a disease that originates, but may be caused by muscle weakness or bladder obstruction.
* Functional: In this there is no alteration in the functioning of the urinary tract, but a disease that prevents voluntary control. It is usually caused by diseases of cerebral origin.
