Female Urinary Incontinence:

Urinary incontinence is the involuntary leakage of urine from the bladder. Although urinary incontinence is a taboo topic that has social and hygienic issues, it affects many women. There are a number of factors that can cause urinary incontinence and a large number of those causes can be treated.

Some causes of urinary incontinence are: weakness of the connective tissue surrounding the bladder, urinary tract infections, medications, caffeine, weakness of the sphincter muscles around the urethra, spasms of the bladder muscle, neurologic conditions, and behavioral activities.

Three of the most common types of incontinence are: Stress incontinence, overactive bladder and mixed urinary incontinence. Office testing is often needed in order to make the correct diagnosis. Testing allows for a detailed assessment that involves filling the bladder with fluid and recording bladder, muscle and nerve function at different volumes of bladder fullness.

For female urinary incontinence treatment options, please contact Dr. Richard M. Wasserman, M.D. at Nevada Surgery and Cancer Care, Las Vegas, Nevada at -
1-866-374-7531.

The below is a diagram of normal female anatomy.

Normal Female Anatomy:

• Vaginal Prolapse
• Cystocele
• Rectocele
• Uterine Prolapse
• Enterocele
• Female Urinary Incontinence (you are here)
• Stress Urinary Incontinence
• Overactive Bladder
• Mixed Urinary Incontinence