Functional Incontinence of Urine
Urinary incontinence can be defined as the loss of bladder control, where the patient cannot hold the urge for passing urine resulting in leakage of urine. Sometimes the leakage may be due to the slightest pressure on the lower abdomen like sneezing, coughing, lifting weight etc. However, it is a common and often embarrassing situation. The severity ranges from occasional leaking of urine while coughing or sneezing to a sudden urge to urinate that can’t wait until you reach the toilet. The situation is more common in females.
Please note it is not an inevitable part of ageing. However, if urinary incontinence is affecting your daily life, it’s time to see your doctor. For most people, simple lifestyle & dietary changes or medical care can treat symptoms of urinary incontinence.
What are the causes?
There are so many causes of functional incontinence, and that cause is a problem that makes a person unable to do so.
The common causes are –
- Musculoskeletal problems, i.e. backache or arthritis.
- Neurological causes -Parkinson disease, Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, multiple sclerosis etc.
- Medications such as sedatives etc.
- Disable people to understand urges.
- Majorly Depressed people also lose all desire for themselves, including passing urine also.
What are the types of Urinary Incontinence?
What are the types of urinary incontinence?
Stress incontinence: When the Urine leaks while you exert pressure on your bladder like coughing, sneezing, laughing, exercising or lifting heavyweight.
Urge incontinence: When the urge to urinate is sudden and severe, followed by involuntary urine leakage. You may need to urinate frequently, more at night. This type of incontinence may be caused by a minor infection or something serious like neurological disorder or diabetes mellitus.
Overflow incontinence: In this patient gets constant dribbling of urine due to incomplete emptying of the bladder.
Functional incontinence: Some physical or mental impairment prevents you from making it to the toilet in time. Like, if you have severe arthritis.
Mixed incontinence. As the name suggests, you experience more than one type of urinary incontinence — most often, this is a combination of stress incontinence and urge incontinence.
How to confirm the diagnosis?
Apart from the clinical history of the patient few Lab tests are required before confirming the disease like:
- Complete Urinalysis.
- Bladder diary. For several days you record how much you drink, when you urinate, the amount of urine you do produce.
- Postvoid residual measurement through USG.
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (M.R.I) of K.U.B
How it is treated by Homeopathic way of treatment?
- The line of treatment depends on the cause of the incontinence. The modification might help you to reduce the risk.
- Bladder training
- Pelvic muscle exercises, known as Kegel exercises, help to strengthen the muscles that support the bladder.
- Scheduled the time of voiding urine.
These specific practices in daily life might help you to reduce the chances of functional incontinence of urine.
There are so many medicines in homoeopathy which work effectively in functional incontinence of urine. Arg Nit, Bell, Benzoic Ac, Canth, Caust, China, Meconium, Equis, Hyos, Phos Ac, Sanicula, Tuberculinum, Verb Berbers, etc., are the frequently indicated medications. Kindly note, we do not encourage patients to experiment with homoeopathic medicines. Self-prescription can prove harmful, and parents are not recommended to self-prescribe any homoeopathic drugs without consulting an appropriately qualified doctor from a recognized university.
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