A woman goes through a variety of physical and emotional changes during pregnancy. Among the many changes, her hormones surge, her appetite fluctuates, her belly grows and her posture changes to accompany her new size. She also might notice a few...
Toddlers that have been potty trained may continue to have occasional accidents. However, if your child is suddenly leaking urine frequently, it may be caused by a few issues other than your child's young age. Your child may be regressing because...
Bed wetting can happen at any age. In adults it is important to remember that it is an involuntary reaction that is not normal. The muscles of the bladder are designed to hold the urine in until it is full. The nervous system then sends signals to...
Menopause means that you have not had a menstrual period for 12 consecutive months. On average, you can expect to reach menopause around age 51. As your body's production of estrogen and progesterone declines, physical and emotional changes can be...
Several different factors may cause scarring of kidney tissue. Kidney scarring is also known as glomerulosclerosis, which refers to the glomeruli, the clusters of miniscule blood vessels inside the kidney that filter wastes out of the blood for...
Pregnancy, childbirth and being overweight can weaken your pelvic floor muscles. The associated symptoms include leaking urine and bladder control problems. Pelvic exercises involve strengthening the two major muscles that make up your pelvic...
Leaking urine while performing your daily activities, including walking, can be a cause of embarrassment and concern. If this occurs on a regular basis, you may begin to feel trapped, as it may become difficult to go anywhere without needing a...
Bladder leakage in females, medically known as urinary incontinence, refers to a common problem in which urine is spontaneously leaked. According to the Mayo Clinic, urine may be leaked when you cough or sneeze. In some instances, you may have the...
According to the American Academy of Family Physicians, overactive bladder, also called urge incontinence, is a condition which causes loss of bladder control. Individuals with urinary incontinence may have small leaking of urine when they are...
Urinary tract infections are more common in women than men, according to the Mayo Clinic. An infection of the urinary tract (UTI) occurs when any part of the urinary system becomes infected. The parts making up this system include the urethra,...
Medical devices won't cure urinary leakage, but they can help manage the problem by reducing leakage or controlling the urge to urinate, according to MayoClinic.com. Internal and external devices physically block urine from flowing out of the...
Urinary tract infection, or UTI, occurs when bacteria enters the urinary tract and causes infection. Men may develop a UTI, though the condition is much more common in women. A man may be more at risk for a UTI after catherization, which can...
A falling bladder, medically known as a cystocele or a prolapsed bladder, refers to a condition in which your bladder drops into your your vagina, says the University of Maryland Medical Center. Heavy lifting, menopause, giving birth and straining...
If you're leaking amniotic fluid during your pregnancy, you may be concerned -- and rightly so -- that your baby is in danger. While it's possible to leak amniotic fluid slowly, in which case it's generally replaced, some leaks lead to too much...
Urinary incontinence is classified as loss or lack of bladder control. The degree of severity of incontinence can vary from mild leaking to a strong uncontrollable urge to urinate. There are also different types of incontinence. Stress...
Men and women both have the pubococcygeus muscle or PC muscle. It goes from the pubic bone to tailbone and wraps around to support your pelvic floor. The PC muscle will weaken, like any muscle, if it goes unused. Kegel exercises are named after...
The results of a survey conducted by the National Overactive Bladder Evaluation (NOBLE) and published in the winter 2008 issue of the "Reviews of Urology Journal" showed that approximately 30 percent of men and women aged 65 years and older have...
Jokingly referred to as "the big pee" by kidney patients and others who take this test frequently, 24-hour urine analysis is a painless, noninvasive way of evaluating how much protein a patient is excreting in his urine. The 24-hour urinalysis...
For women, watery, odorless discharge while running is completely normal and does not require medical treatment. The amount of discharge you experience directly correlates with your menstrual cycle. If you feel you have more discharge than normal...
On average, women reach menopause around the age of 50 or 51. You are considered menopausal when you have not had a menstrual period for 12 consecutive months. Long before your periods stop, though, your body undergoes slow, gradual changes for...
Effexor is a brand name for the oral prescription medication venlafaxine, which is used to treat depression and reduce the symptoms related conditions such as anxiety and panic disorders. It is available in three different forms: a tablet, an...
The majority of cases of cervical cancers are caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV), states the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC explains that when cervical cancer is caught early, it is highly treatable and the...
Urinary tract infections, often called bladder infections, result from bacteria growing in the bladder or urethra. In some cases, this infection can include the kidneys. Symptoms of bladder infections include pain or burning while urinating,...
Benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH, occurs when an enlarged prostate gland causes urinary problems. More than 50 percent of men in their 60s experience symptoms of BPH. Saw palmetto may help treat urinary problems in males with enlarged...
When the bladder is full, nerve receptors trigger the brain to send nerve signals to the muscles that contract the bladder and allow it to empty. In order for the bladder to empty, urine travels down the urethra and out of the body. Any disorder...
For many women, pregnancy is a time fraught with discomfort. You may need to go to the bathroom more than you did before you became pregnant, especially in the last trimester when the baby is pressing on your bladder, causing you to wonder if this...
Incontinence is an unpleasant side effect of pregnancy. Doing Kegel exercises will help you to control stress incontinence, or involuntarily leaking urine during pregnancy. A Kegel exercise is a pelvic floor exercise. To do Kegels, you have to...
The kidneys are organs designed to filter the blood, and are made up of a number of highly specialized cell types. Cell growth in the kidney is tightly controlled, and defects in cell growth lead to diseases such as cancer. Cancer is the...
The most common complications of prostate surgery are urinary incontinence and erectile dysfunction. For otherwise healthy men with cancer confined to the prostate gland, a radical prostatectomy, or removal of the entire prostate, seminal vesicles...
Incontinence is the loss of control of excretory functions. Get expert tips and advice on treating and living with incontinence in this medical video.