Modern approach to treatment of urinary incontinence

Autor: Egidijus Kėvelaitis, Darijus Skaudickas
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Medicina; Volume 46; Issue 7; Pages: 496
Medicina
Volume 46
Issue 7
Medicina, Kaunas : Kauno medicinos universitetas, 2010, t. 46, Nr. 7, p. 496-503
ISSN: 1648-9144
1010-660X
DOI: 10.3390/medicina46070062
Popis: The number of persons having urinary incontinence is increasing with their age; the ratio of women to men with urinary incontinence aged up to 85 years is 2:1, and later the prevalence of this disorder becomes equal in both sexes. Urinary incontinence is a disease infl uencing the physical activities of persons, their emotional status, working capacity, and social communication. Patients having urination disorders also have psychological problems, feeling of inadequacy, worries about future, and discomfort due to potentially bad smell of urine. The major part of patients dodges to talk in public about existing problem; they are afraid to comment to the doctor about their complaints. Referring to the data of literature sources, there are some methods of treatment of urinary incontinence, which are applied in the clinical practice. After generalization and analysis of different methodologies of treatment, it was determined that in the primary stage of urinary incontinence, the conservative treatment methods are recommended; later, if the effects are not received, the surgical treatment methods are applied.
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