Symptoms

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 in a loss of urine.

A woman with urinary incontinence also may 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. The fear of leakage or pain also occurs.
  • Frequency: Urinating more than every 2 hours or more than seven times a day.
  • Nocturia: The need to urinate two or more times during hours of sleep.
  • Dysuria: Painful urination.
  • Enuresis: Bed-wetting or wetting while sleeping.

About Urinary Incontinence

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