People don’t talk about urge incontinence because they consider it’s normal, or embarrassing, says Dr Caroline Dowling
Urge incontinence occurs in 15% of patients and is considered to be one of the most common general practice diagnoses.
“Sometimes people don’t talk about it because they consider it’s normal, or embarrassing,” says Dr Caroline Dowling, a urologist at The Royal Melbourne Hospital.
“These are patients who describe that they have frequency, urgency, they might have urge incontinence and they often have nocturia, which can often be a very difficult issue to treat.”
Patients who have failed conservative therapies and medical therapies can still go on to have other treatment for urge incontinence.
“These are known as third-line therapies,” says Dr Dowling.
They include onabotulinumtoxinA injections, sacral neuromodulation, and peripheral tibial nerve stimulation.
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