Medical Conditions – Incontinence other

Incontinence
  • Any other condition where urination can’t be controlled?

  • Awkward body movements then leak (long term)

  • Bladder calculus (bladder stones)

  • Bladder mucosal lesion (e.g. papilloma)

  • Cold environment then leak (long term)

  • Coughing and then leak (long term)

  • Detrusor overactivity (muscles that control one bladder become overactive).

  • Diabetes insipidus

  • High calcium level conditions

  • Interstitial cystitis (a long term inflamed or irritated bladder wall condition and that may lead to scarring and stiffening of the bladder as a result the bladder can’t hold as much urine as it did in the past).

  • Laughing then leak (long term)

  • Lifting then leak (long term)

  • Menopause

  • Postmenopausal urogenital atrophy

  • Pregnancy

  • Sexual arousal

  • Small bladder capacity (can’t hold much urine in bladder as it is physically small)

  • Sneezing and then leak (long term)

  • Using Contraceptive diaphragm

  • Urethral diverticulum [where an unwanted pocket or sac forms along the urethra, the tube that carries urine (pee) out of the body}

  • Urethral obstruction

  • Long term urinary retention (i.e. caused by many medications i.e. anti-cholinergic, anti- histamines, travel medication, always check ones medication with your pharmacist).

  • Vagnitis (irritation of vagina)

Syndromes
  • Syndromes related to Urinary incontinence

  • Coffin-Siris syndrome

  • Fowlers Syndrome

  • Klippel-Feil syndrome

  • Urethral syndrome (condition of unknown cause, may be related to low oestrogen levels)

  • Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome