Urinary Incontinence
 Women who have urinary incontinence may leak urine often. They may have to wear a pad to keep from wetting their clothes. Some women with incontinence feel such a strong desire to urinate that they cannot control it. This results is a loss of urine.
A woman with urinary incontinence may also have other symptoms:
- Urgency – A strong desire to urinate, whether or not the bladder is full. This often occurs along with pelvic discomfort or pressure, as well as fear of leakage or fear of pain
- Frequency – Urinating more than every 2 hours or more than 7 times per day.
- Nocturia – The need to urinate 2 or more times during hours of sleep
- Dysuria – Painful urination
- Enuresis – Bed-wetting or wetting while sleeping
The doctors at Novas, Dohr & Coll are specially trained to evaluate and treat women with urinary incontinence. Treatment may involve medications, behavior modification, physical therapy, special devices or surgery.
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Dr. Coll’s comments “Women are sometimes reluctant to tell their doctor about incontinence. They think it is normal aging. Today there are many treatments that can dramatically improve a woman’s lifestyle by correcting incontinence.”
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