| Every year, thousands of people all around Australia | | | | result, many women who receive hysterectomies |
| are diagnosed with urinary incontinence. A very | | | | end up having to cope with incontinence. |
| significant percentage of those people are left | | | | Enlarged Prostate - After the age of 40 or so, the |
| scratching their heads, wondering how on earth they | | | | prostate gland starts to get larger in many men. This |
| came down with it in the first place. If you'd like to | | | | phenomenon commonly causes urinary incontinence. |
| learn more about what causes urinary incontinence, | | | | Prostate Cancer - Treatments for prostate cancer, |
| read on below. | | | | like radiation therapy, can bring about incontinence in |
| Check out some of the most common causes of | | | | men. Less commonly, untreated prostate cancer can |
| urinary incontinence below. | | | | cause the condition as well. |
| Aging - As we get older, many of the muscles in our | | | | Prostatitis - Inflammation of the prostate gland - |
| body become weaker. The bladder muscles are no | | | | medically known as prostatitis - can trigger |
| exception; with age, overactive bladder issues often | | | | incontinence in rare instances. |
| arise as a result. One of the best methods of | | | | Painful Bladder Syndrome - Although this chronic |
| preventing incontinence is to ensure that you are | | | | condition is quite rare, it often comes along with |
| maintaining overall health. | | | | urinary incontinence. |
| Childbirth and Pregnancy - Physically, a woman has a | | | | Bladder Stones/Bladder Cancer - Incontinence, along |
| whole lot to go through when it comes to pregnancy | | | | with burning with urination and urinary urgency, is a |
| and childbirth. Hormonal fluctuations and the weight of | | | | common sign or symptom of bladder stones and |
| the steadying growing uterus can converge to | | | | bladder cancer. Therefore, it is important to speak |
| prompt urinary incontinence. During childbirth, damage | | | | with a doctor when these symptoms arise. |
| to the blood vessels and the nerves can also trigger | | | | Obstruction - When a tumor becomes lodged |
| the problem. | | | | anywhere in the urinary system, it can cause an |
| Hysterectomy - Any form of surgery performed on | | | | obstruction that can bring on incontinence. Urinary |
| a females reproductive system can cause havoc on | | | | stones are quite common and often cause this |
| the ligaments and muscles within that region. As a | | | | undesirable effect. |