Introduction
How might a person feel if diagnosed with Urinary incontinence? When people hear the term “urinary incontinence” they may want to run because it’s an embarrassing thing to NOT be able to control your own bladder. It’s embarrassing and down grading. This paper will provide information regarding the different types of urinary incontinence, suggestions on how to manage incontinence and how to approach someone with this diagnosis to hopefully decrease the negative impressions.
What is Urinary incontinence? Urinary incontinence is the involuntary leakage of urine; basically it means a person urinates when they do not want to (1). The urinary system is either lost or weakened. Urinary incontinence is a much more common problem than most people realize. Urinary incontinence is a very difficult topic to address because it can be embarrassing (1). It may affect individuals of all ages and both genders; however females are affected at a much greater rate than men (2). Urinary incontinence comes with a wide range of severity and symptoms. Although it is not a life-threatening disease, the different symptoms may seriously influence physical, psychological, and social well-being in the female that is affected. The good news is there are a …show more content…
An estimated over 50% percent of females aged 30-60 are going to suffer from incontinence (3). It is much less for men; it is estimated that only around 1.5 % of males suffer from urinary incontinence. Urinary incontinence affects close to 13 million females. So, over half of all women are affected by urinary incontinence at some point during their lives. However, because of patients ' embarrassment, health care providers are less likely to discuss this sensitive subject. Since many women are afraid to talk about the topic, their incontinence may go untreated. Then it may lead them to suffering disturbing symptoms and complications related to urinary incontinence
How might a person feel if diagnosed with Urinary incontinence? When people hear the term “urinary incontinence” they may want to run because it’s an embarrassing thing to NOT be able to control your own bladder. It’s embarrassing and down grading. This paper will provide information regarding the different types of urinary incontinence, suggestions on how to manage incontinence and how to approach someone with this diagnosis to hopefully decrease the negative impressions.
What is Urinary incontinence? Urinary incontinence is the involuntary leakage of urine; basically it means a person urinates when they do not want to (1). The urinary system is either lost or weakened. Urinary incontinence is a much more common problem than most people realize. Urinary incontinence is a very difficult topic to address because it can be embarrassing (1). It may affect individuals of all ages and both genders; however females are affected at a much greater rate than men (2). Urinary incontinence comes with a wide range of severity and symptoms. Although it is not a life-threatening disease, the different symptoms may seriously influence physical, psychological, and social well-being in the female that is affected. The good news is there are a …show more content…
An estimated over 50% percent of females aged 30-60 are going to suffer from incontinence (3). It is much less for men; it is estimated that only around 1.5 % of males suffer from urinary incontinence. Urinary incontinence affects close to 13 million females. So, over half of all women are affected by urinary incontinence at some point during their lives. However, because of patients ' embarrassment, health care providers are less likely to discuss this sensitive subject. Since many women are afraid to talk about the topic, their incontinence may go untreated. Then it may lead them to suffering disturbing symptoms and complications related to urinary incontinence