http://www.wsus.org WSUS Release RSS feed. . Copyright 2005, WSUS Tendenci Membership Management Software by Schipul - The Web Marketing Company en-us noemail@wsus.org Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:41:25 GMT Release http://www.wsus.org/en/rel/35/ MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF URGE INCONTINENCE Karny Jacoby, MD Northwest Hospital (Seattle, WA) What is urge incontinence? Urge Incontinence as defined by the International Continence Society is the complaint of involuntary leakage (of urine) accompanied by or immediately proceeded by urgency. Other terms used to describe this condition are Overactive Bladder and LUTS or Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms. Some patients experience urgency without leakage and sometimes this is described as Overactive Bladder, Dry. When the sensation of urgency spills into the night we use the term Nocturia, the complaint that the individual has to wake at night one or more times to void. Nocturia can be accompanied with Urge Incontinence. Urge and Urge Incontinence are quite prevalent. Up to 16% of the population may be affected and it’s more common in women than men by about 3 to 1. Men tend to be affected later in life than women. We’re not sure what causes urge incontinence but it may have... http://www.wsus.org/en/rel/35/ noemail@wsus.org Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:00:00 GMT