Problem
Urinary incontinence
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Incontinence of the elderlyUnconscious passage of urine
Bed wetting
Enuresis
Involuntary passage of urine
Nocturnal enuresis
Lack of bladder control
Impairments of urinary continence
Bladder control problems
Overactive bladder
Nature:
Urinary incontinence is the loss of bladder control or unintended leakage of urine. The involuntary loss of urine from the bladder constitutes a social or hygienic problem for the individual. It can be a cause of anxiety, social embarrassment and may limit ones social and daily activities.
Incontinence can affect people of all ages, although the reasons for childhood and adult incontinence are different. The most common types of incontinence in adults are stress incontinence, associated with weakened muscle support and bladder control triggered by childbirth or old age, and urge (or urgency) incontinence, the condition in which patients need to urinate frequently. Mixed incontinence is both problems combined.
Incidence:
Approximately 20 million adults in the USA suffer from incontinence, 85 percent of them women. A 1991 UK report found that 1 in 4 women suffers from incontinence due to childbirth, obesity, constipation, smoking, heavy lifting and the softening of ligaments during menopause.
Broader Problems:
IncontinencePregnancy disordersDisorders of micturitionDevelopmental disabilitiesDisagreeable personal conditionsSymptoms of genito-urinary system diseasesSusceptibility of the old to physical ill-health Narrower Problems:
Urge incontinenceStress incontinenceInfant incontinenceFistula incontinenceOverflow urinary incontinence Related Problems:
Faecal incontinenceMale mid-life crisisPattern of deficient bladder qiDiscrimination against people of unpleasant body odour Strategies:
Aiding those with incontinence Organizations:
International Children's Continence SocietyInternational Continence SocietyCommittee on Inland TransportWound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses SocietyInternational Enuresis Research Centre Subject(s):
Consciousness → Consciousness Cybernetics → Control
Health Care → Handicapped
Innovative change → Change
Medicine → Urogenital system
Societal Problems → Scarcity
Society → Elderly
Society → Infants
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST