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whole pelvic floor may have weakened muscles allowing the bladder to press downward onto the vagina. Patients in hospitals or the elderly may fall into this category. It can be treated and sometimes even cured. This temporary condition passes when the temporary cause is no longer present. There is no
reason to let this condition impair your life. Urge Incontinence An urgent and painful need to urinate is the common symptom of this condition. It can be a simple act like sneezing, coughing, or even laughing that can place pressure on the bladder or urethra causing an involuntary discharge. As men age the
prostate can grow and put pressure on the urethra causing the same opportunity for leakage from an outside pressure source as affects women. Women tend to suffer from it more, particularly women who have been through childbirth. . With urge incontinence, the bladder may be contracting too often do to
nerve damage or damage to the bladder itself. With men it's often the prostate. It is as the name implies an overflow of urine. Research has shown that women more frequently experience a combination of causes than a single one. Transient Incontinence Some times incontinence comes and goes
because of a temporary condition such as infection, a cold with a lot of coughing or a reaction to a medication. Both men and women can suffer from this malady and again the causes can often be tracked back to damage to the pelvic floor muscles in women and an enlarged prostate in men.