Mixed Incontinence

Mixed Incontinence is the combination of stress incontinence and urgency incontinence. Not only does the woman leak when she coughs, sneezes or laughs, but she will also have the "I've really got to go right NOW!" symptoms. Mixed incontinence is usually a 60%-40% combination of stress incontinence and urge incontinence. It is most common in older women and may occur at different times or under different circumstances.

Since the causes of mixed stress and urge incontinence may or may not be the same, each aspect of this disorder should be evaluated separately by a Doctor. When visiting a Doctor they will perform the following:- Take the Woman's history, physical examination, urinalysis, cystometrogram, (CMG), and cystoscopy. The treatment is usually dual, with combinations of Kegel exercises, biofeedback, surgery and medication.

Sometimes when surgery is done for stress incontinence, the unstable bladder symptoms will decrease or disappear as well. However this is uncommon, and most women with mixed incontinence undergo a bladder suspension and then find they still have to make a mad dash for the toilet. The symptoms may disappear with time, but frequently the urgency symptoms require long term medication or biofeedback training.

A recent study was conducted in an outpatient clinic of a university hospital to evaluate the effectiveness of pelvic floor exercises (PFE) device alone for urodynamic stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Thirty-five consecutive women were chosen randomly. The intensive training period lasted 12 weeks. After 1 year, 33 women could be evaluated according to the protocol. At the 1-year visit pelvic floor muscle activity was measured and the need for surgical intervention was evaluated. In the home pelvic floor training (PFT) training group 11/16 women (68.8%) avoided surgery. This randomized controlled trial suggests that the home Pelvic Floor training has a good success rate of 68.8%, and the change achieved in "leakage index" after 12 weeks of training predicted an effective outcome. Only your doctor can diagnose your bladder control problem and determine the right treatment for you, however we do have a simple test that is used by Doctors and other Healthcare professionals that you can perform at home to help you accurately determine the difference between Stress and Urge incontinence.

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