In the 'Symptoms - Urinary' section of our in-depth questionnaire we ask the following question about urinary incontinence:
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Do you have a problem with urine leakage (incontinence)?
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Your answer |
...indicates |
...and suggests |
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"Don't know" |
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"No" |
Absence of urinary incontinence |
A symptom |
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"Minor occasional problem" |
Mild urinary incontinence |
A symptom |
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"Occurs with physical stress only (cough, jumping)" |
Urinary incontinence |
A symptom |
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"A continual problem / use absorptive pads" |
Urinary incontinence |
A symptom |
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Your answer will affect the likelihoods of the conditions below.
Any answers in green reduce the likelihood of the condition.
GLOSSARY
Incontinence (Incontinent)
The inability to retain urine in the bladder for a reasonable length of time. It is can be caused by urethral irritation, loss of tone to the basement muscle of the bladder (the trigone), scarification or growths on the urethral lining, nerve damage, or emotional stress.
Last updated: May 10, 2007
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