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2. Overactive bladder - Wikipedia

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   Overactive bladder affects approximately 11% of the population and more than 40% of people with overactive bladder have incontinence. [5] [6] Conversely, about 40% to 70% of urinary incontinence is due to overactive bladder. [7] Overactive bladder is not life-threatening, [1] but most people with the condition have problems for years. [1]

3. Urinary incontinence - Wikipedia

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   Urge incontinence due to an overactive bladder; Stress incontinence due to "a poorly functioning urethral sphincter muscle (intrinsic sphincter deficiency) or to hypermobility of the bladder neck or urethra" [10] Overflow incontinence due to either poor bladder contraction or blockage of the urethra

4. Pelvic floor dysfunction - Wikipedia

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   For women, there is a 20.5% risk for having a surgical intervention related to stress urinary incontinence. The literature suggests that white women are at increased risk for stress urinary incontinence. [12] Though pelvic floor dysfunction is thought to more commonly affect women, 16% of men have been identified with pelvic floor dysfunction. [13]

5. What causes stress incontinence? - AOL

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   Stress incontinence is caused by the inability of the urethra — the tube that connects to the bladder and carries urine out of the body — to remain fully closed when there is increased ...

6. 14 Overactive Bladder Treatments Doctors Recommend - AOL

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   What is overactive bladder? Overactive bladder isn’t a disease but rather a syndrome defined by a collection of symptoms, says Jennifer Linehan, MD, a urologist and associate professor of ...

7. Stress incontinence - Wikipedia

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   Stress incontinence, also known as stress urinary incontinence (SUI) or effort incontinence is a form of urinary incontinence. It is due to inadequate closure of the bladder outlet by the urethral sphincter .