Medscape August 7, 2024
An estimated 25 million adult Americans experience temporary or chronic urinary incontinence.
Although urinary incontinence can occur in both women and men at any age, it is more common in women over age 50. According to Rise for Health, a national survey-based research study on bladder health, up to 40% of girls and women experience urinary problems and it may be as high as 50% or 60%.
“The main known predictors of urinary incontinence are age, obesity, diabetes, and pregnancy and childbirth,” said internist Joan M. Neuner, MD, MPH, a professor of women’s health at Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
Other causes are urinary tract infections, pelvic surgery, and in men, of course, prostate problems. Medications such as antihypertensives and...
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