Leakage Control

Abhay Kumar Shah shares some mudras to treat urinary incontinence, thereby helping patients avoid discomfort and embarrassment, especially women

- Abhay Kumar Shah

Urinary incontinence can be described as an accidental or involuntary loss of urine from the bladder. It is not a disease in itself but it is a result or a symptom of diseases or health conditions.

Causes

The causes of urinary incontinence many, are including ageing, prostate enlargement, a stroke, or a urinary tract infection. Ageing is the most common and main cause of this condition. Wearing out of the tissues of the kidneys, hardening of the blood vessels and the bladder muscles, blockage in the urethra due to prostate enlargement, and general muscle debility can cause urinary incontinence. All these issues become severe with increasing age, especially for those over 60.

Though affected anyone can be by this, it is more common in women. About 58 per cent of women suffer from urinary incontinence. It occurs while sneezing, laughing, coughing, or lifting heavy objects. It also happens suddenly as the urge to urinate reaches a peak.