Don’t Make Me Laugh: Preventing Urinary Incontinence

When someone says, “I laughed so hard I pee’d my pants”, it may have been spoken not only in jest, but in truth as well. 57% of women between 40-60 years old have reported at least one incident of urinary incontinence in the past year.  There are 3 types of urinary leakage; stress, urge and combine. Stress incontinence is particularly common in younger women after childbirth…   Really?!  Why?! What’s causes this?  Can a woman prevent urinary incontinence?  Do men suffer from it too? What options are there to treating it?Suja Roberts, MD, an Aspirus Medford Hospital OB/GYN, is here to answer these and other great questions.