Question

Name type of urinary incontinence Urge, Stress, Enuresis, Reflex

Answer 1

Urinary incontinence means loss of control on urinary bladder. That means one can not stop himself/herself to start urination. There are 4 types of incontinence

1. Urge incontinence : one have repeated urge to urinate. It is common in urinary infection and diabetes.

2. Stress incontinence : one can not control dribling of urine when intra-abdominal pressure increases . For example with cough and sneez Older person pass drops of urine. It is due to decrease capabiloca of internal and external urethral sphincter.

3. Overflow incontinence : it is after filling of bladder full. It is just like stress incontinence but pressure exerted by bladder filling and continous dribbling. One is unable to empty bladder so briblling starts very early after urination.

4. Functional incontinence : it is physiological passing of urine after full filling of bladder. There is a limit of filling of bladder than one has to urinate otherwise urination starts.

5. Mixed incontinence : any two or three may be occure simultaneously.

Enuresis : this term is used for passing urine after normal physiological filling of bladder but without voluntary control.

Internal urithral sphinter is involuntary and opens when there is stretch in bladder wall. But expernal sphinter is voluntarily controlled. But in child below 2 years old, there is not enough control as well as understanding to control so they pass urine involuntarily. This condition known as enuresis. Types of enuresis

1. Nocturnal enuresis: nocturnal means night. passing urine when sleeping

2. Diurnal enuresis: diurnal means day. passing urine when awaken

3. Mixed enuresis : any time arround the clock.

Reflex : named as micturition reflex