How is Urinary Incontinence diagnosed?
Your doctor will ask about what and how much you drink. He or she will also ask how often and how much you urinate and leak. It may help to keep track of these things for 3 or 4 days before you see your doctor. Your doctor will examine you and may do some simple tests to look for the cause of your bladder control problem. If your doctor thinks it may be caused by more than one problem, you will likely have more tests. How is it treated? Most bladder control problems can be improved or cured. Treatment for stress incontinence includes: • Doing Kegel exercises to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles. It is one of the best ways to improve stress incontinence. • Using a removable device called a pessary (which is placed inside the vagina). It can help reduce stress incontinence by putting pressure on the urethra. • Taking medicines, but they may have bothersome side effects. • Having surgery to support the bladder or move it back to a normal position, if other treatment doesn’t help. For ur
