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Are You at Risk for Urinary Incontinence?

About 12 million Americans suffer from urinary incontinence, a loss of bladder control caused by any number of medical problems, certain medications or operations, and other factors. Although your risk of developing incontinence rises with age, the condition is not a normal part of aging. It is important to get checked out by a physician as soon as possible if you lose any degree of bladder control. Many treatment options are available.

The following risk assessment screen is designed to help you understand signs and symptoms of a potentially embarassing and life changing condition. This screening tool helps you pinpoint a likely cause if you are experiencing urine leakage.

After you have finished answering the following questions, click "Done" to find out your results

  1. Do you begin to lose urine as soon as you sense a strong need to use the toilet?
    Yes    No
  2. Do you lose urine when you walk or exercise, maybe when laughing or coughing?
    Yes    No
  3. Do you ever feel as though your bladder is never totally empty, even after urinating?
    Yes    No
  4. Do you spend an unusually long time on the toilet but produce only a weak, dribbling stream of urine?
    Yes    No
  5. Do you have problems thinking, moving or communicating that prevent you from reaching a toilet in time?
    Yes    No
  6. Do you ever wet yourself without being aware of it?
    Yes    No
  7. Do you wet your bed at night?
    Yes    No
  8. Have you undergone surgery involving your lower abdomen, your pelvic region or a fractured hip?
    Yes    No
  9. Are you pregnant?
    Yes    No
  10. Do you have frequent bladder infections?
    Yes    No
  11. Do you take any of the following types of medications; diuretics (water pills), sedatives, muscle relaxants, narcotic painkillers, antihistamines, anticholinergics, antipsychotics, antidepressants or calcium channel blockers?
    Yes    No
  12. Do you drink two or more caffeinated beverages a day?
    Yes    No
  13. Do you have a neurological disorder, such as Parkinson's disease?
    Yes    No
  14. Do you have multiple sclerosis?
    Yes    No
  15. Do you have Alzheimer's disease?
    Yes    No
  16. Do you have an enlarged prostate gland?
    Yes    No
  17. Have you suffered a stroke?
    Yes    No

Sources:

Simon Foundation for Continence
National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse

This screening assessment was reviewed and updated June 2007.


Tue, Dec 2, 2008



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