Female Urinary Incontinence

Mar 17, 2020 | Common Solutions

Urinary incontinence in Female

Female incontinence is any involuntary or unwanted loss of urine. It is considered a medical condition if it happens regularly. The risk of developing incontinence increases with age, but younger people may also develop it. Women are more likely to suffer from this condition than men.

Urinary incontinence causes social distress. This is why many people do not discuss the problem with their doctor as they feel embarrassed.
It is important to seek medical advice especially if the incontinence is affecting your quality of life. In most cases, incontinence can be treated or cured with various treatment options. These include pelvic floor exercises, medication treatment, or surgery. Together with your doctor, you can discuss which treatment is best for you. 

Common causes of Females Urinary incontinence

  • • Hormone deficiencies
  • • Weak pelvic floor muscle
  • • Neurological lower urinary tract dysfunction
  • • Urinary tract infections

Common risk factors in female include

  • • Pelvic surgery
  • • Childbirth
  • • Menopause

Urinary incontinence becomes more common with increasing age. However, it should not be seen as a normal part of ageing.

 

Types of urinary incontinence

There are different types of urinary incontinence, depending on how and when you lose urine.

1. Urge urinary incontinence

Urge urinary incontinence happens when you get a sudden need to urinate which you cannot postpone. The bladder muscle contracts and you lose urine without the ability to hold before reaching the toilet.

2. Stress urinary incontinence

Stress urinary incontinence occurs when you lose urine during certain activities that exert pressure on the pelvic floor such as:

  • • Coughing, sneezing, or laughing
  • • Running or jumping
  • • Lifting heavy objects

This happens because during these kinds of activities the pressure on your bladder increases. Your urethra or urinary sphincter cannot resist the pressure of a full bladder and will leak urine.

3. Mixed incontinence

This happens when you have a mixture of stress urinary incontinence and urge urinary incontinence.

Treatment

Treatment varies depending on the type of incontinence. This is why it is very important to properly tell which type of incontinence you have in order to find the correct treatment.
Especially in certain cases, a wrong treatment may make your condition worse.

1. Medical Treatment is mostly used for urge urinary incontinence
The main types of medications used to manage incontinence are muscarinic receptor antagonists (MRAs), mirabegron, and estrogen.
In severe cases, intravesical BOTOX injections are being in order to control urge Urinary Incontinence .

2. Sub-urethral sling placement
Sling placement for management of stress urinary incontinence in female has shown to be a very successful procedure if performed by the trained personnel.
It is a same-day procedure of 5 to 10 minutes duration that provides a definitive relief to the patient. It is usually a pain-free procedure that can change your life forever.

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Remarkable Premature ejaculation Info

Remarkable Premature ejaculation Info

Mar 17, 2020 | Common Solutions

Definition

Premature ejaculation occurs when a man ejaculates sooner during sexual intercourse than he or his partner would like, causing distress for one or both partners. It is the most common sexual problem for men. Estimates vary, but as many as 1 out of 3 men say they experience this problem at some time.
Premature ejaculation can happen from the time of the first sexual experience, while in others, it can develop after a period of normal sexual activity.
 

Causes of premature ejaculation

Some causes are psychological. However, it is now thought that some men (particularly those with lifelong premature ejaculation) have a chemical imbalance in the brain centers controlling this function.Some men have acquired premature ejaculation associated with erectile dysfunction.

Psychological factors are important and include

  • • depression or anxiety, particularly about performance
  • • feeling anxious about rejection by a sexual partner
  • • expecting failure
  • • negative sexual experiences in childhood
  • • religious beliefs
  • • stress
  • • problems within the relationship.

 

Pudendal Nerve Entrapment

A very important cause of premature ejaculation can be pudendal nerve entrapment.

This is often seen in men with acquired premature ejaculation, meaning that they used to have a normal ejaculatory function in the past and suddenly they develop premature ejaculations with no evident reason.

If pudendal nerve entrapment is shown to be the reason, definitive management and resolution of the premature ejaculation can take place by releasing the pudendal nerve entrapment.

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Surprising Erectile dysfunction Facts

Surprising Erectile dysfunction Facts

Mar 17, 2020 | Common Solutions

Erectile dysfunction

It is a common male sexual disorder that becomes more prevalent with age; however, also seen in young individuals. It is the inability to get or maintain an erection that allows a satisfactory sexual activity. It can happen with or without any clear reason, on either occasional or regular basis. Some men with erectile dysfunction are not able to get an erection at all. This condition is not a life-threatening disorder, but it can have a negative impact on your quality of life and that of your partner.

Erectile dysfunction (ED) resulting from specific conditions such as

 

1. Prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is a malignant tumor in the prostate gland. It is the most common form of cancer in older men. Various treatment options for localized prostate cancer exist such as radical prostatectomy and radiation therapy. These treatment options can affect sexual health, and men frequently experience erectile dysfunction after treatment.

New therapeutic technology such as robotic surgery allows us to perform surgery with more precision. This allows us to spare the nerves around the prostate and help in preserving erectile function after such procedures.

 

2. Pudendal Nerve Entrapment

Pudendal Nerve Entrapment is a hot topic nowadays. It consists of the entrapment of the pudendal nerve in a specific area of the pelvis and results in a variety of symptoms such as pelvic and perineal pain. It has also been shown to be the cause of erectile dysfunction in large number of people, especially when the problem is of recent onset and is associated with pain upon urination or painful ejaculations.

 

Several psychological conditions have been associated with ED. These include:

  • • Stress
  • • Anxiety
  • • Depression
  • • Low self esteemn
  • • Inability to describe emotions

Social ideas of how men and women are supposed to interact can also contribute to ED. These can include unrealistic expectations about love and sexuality, and inappropriate male and female role models.
Causes of Erectile Dysfunction

 

A common cause of ED is heart disease. Other common causes are:

  • • Diabetes
  • • Nerve damage to the penis or the pelvic area
  • • Pelvic surgery
  • • Radiation therapy to the pelvic area
  • • Low levels of testosterone
  • • Neurologic disease, like Parkinson’s

Treatment

Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a problem that needs to be diagnosed correctly. Once we find the proper cause, it becomes possible to provide the correct treatment. Discussing ED with your doctor may be uncomfortable, but it is important to do so. Together you can discuss which treatment is best for you.

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