Incontinence Therapy
Urinary incontinence (UI) is common among women. It is estimated that half of all women will be affected by urinary incontinence in their lifetime. Urinary incontinence is caused by a variety of factors and may result in symptoms that can affect a woman’s physical, psychological, and social well-being and can impose significant lifestyle restrictions. If you’ve been struggling with UI and are too embarrassed to seek the care you need, the team at Crown OB/Gyn offers effective, compassionate diagnosis and treatment of incontinence. Weakness may occur from pregnancy, childbirth, aging, or prior pelvic surgery.
There are several types of UI, including:
Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI) occurs when urine leaks during exercise, coughing, sneezing, laughing or any movement that puts pressure (stress) on the bladder. SUI is the most common type and is experienced by 1 in 3 women.
Urge Urinary Incontinence involves the sudden and unstoppable loss of urine — the sudden urge to go.
Mixed Urinary Incontinence is a combination of stress and urge incontinence.
Overactive Bladder (OAB) is the urgent need to urinate. OAB can result in urinating with excessive frequency – more than eight times a day or more than once at night — as well as urgency, a strong and sudden desire to urinate. Overactive bladder is also referred to as urge incontinence.
Crown OB/Gyn offers:
Nonsurgical treatments such as bladder training, lifestyle changes, or Kegel exercises.
Pessary device like a ring or diaphragm that goes in the vagina to give support to the bladder and urethra.
Surgical options such as a surgical sling, which is the surgical placement of mesh or your own tissue to support your bladder or vaginoplasty.
Identifying the cause of a woman’s incontinence and developing a treatment plan is essential for improved quality of life.