Stress Urinary Incontinence is the involuntary leakage of urine during such mundane normal activities as coughing, sneezing, laughing or walking. It occurs when muscles and tissue in the pelvic floor and urethra stretch and are weakened, preventing natural continence mechanisms from stopping urine loss. Women are much more likely than men to be afflicted, both because of physiological differences and the unique stress that childbearing places on their bodies. Some 10 million women in the US, and more than 18 million worldwide, suffer from the condition.
Stress incontinence carries less of a stigma than it did a generation ago, but it is still an underreported and...
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