urinary incontinence noun explanation

Urinary incontinence refers to involuntary transurethral leakage of urine.

Urinary incontinence refers to the patient's inability to control the discharge of urine voluntarily, resulting in impaired ability to urinate voluntarily, resulting in accidental leakage of urine. This phenomenon may be caused by abnormal bladder muscle function, loss of control of urethral sphincter, or neurological dysfunction. Urinary incontinence can be divided into many types according to different causes, including stress urinary incontinence, urge urinary incontinence and filling urinary incontinence, among which stress urinary incontinence is more common, usually most common in women and the elderly, manifested as cough, laughter, sneezing and other abdominal pressure increased, urine uncontrolled leakage.