Bladder control problems affect 15-20 million people — and 85% of them are women, of all ages. Some younger women find they can't hold their urine after having a baby. Others have problems when they stop having periods. Many women have bladder control concerns. There’s nothing to be embarrassed about, simply talk to your health provider about treatment options.
When to call your doctor: Common Symptoms of Problems with Bladder Health
Sudden uncomfortable need to urinate with or without urine leakage either in the daytime or in the nighttime
Pain, pressure, or discomfort that comes from the bladder associated with urgency and frequency. Symptoms maybe mild to severe, constant or intermittent.
Frequent urination during the daytime hours.
Uncomfortable and uncontrolled urge to urinate
Sudden urge to urinate with little or no warning
A sudden urge to urinate that comes with as an accidental loss small amount of urine
Frequent nighttime urination
Loss of urine when you exert pressure such as coughing sneezing, laughing, lifting.
Feeling of never completely emptying the bladder
Continuous leaking of urine or uncontrollable leaking of large amounts of urine.
Bladder control problems affect 15-20 million people — and 85% of them are women, of all ages. Some younger women find they can't hold their urine after having a baby. Others have problems when they stop having periods. Many women have bladder control concerns. There’s nothing to be embarrassed about, simply talk to your health provider about treatment options.