Fecal incontinence results when the pressure in the rectum exceeds anal sphincter pressure. Coughing or lifting can transiently increase intra-abdominal pressure and result in stool leakage if the ...

Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Fecal incontinence can happen if you have nerve or muscle damage in your anus or rectum.You ...

Bladder leakage, also known as urinary incontinence, is a common but often misunderstood condition that refers to the unintentional leakage of urine. About 25 million people in the United States have ...

Urinary incontinence is a common and often distressing issue, particularly among adults over 60. Although it’s not an inevitable part of ageing, the likelihood of experiencing incontinence does ...

It is an embarrassment that many women choose to ignore, but incontinence is a widespread disorder that may affect one in four women and perhaps as many as one-third of older women in their lifetime, ...

Remember that time in grade school when you laughed so hard that you peed your pants? It was hilarious. Now do you remember that time you laughed so hard you peed your pants as an adult? Not as funny.

The best thing Amanda Klarsfeld ever did about her incontinence was start talking about it.Composite: The Guardian/Getty Images Last October, I got out of bed to use the bathroom in the middle of the ...

A. You are correct that SSRI antidepressants can cause urinary incontinence in about 1.5% of patients (Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, June 2002). Sertraline is more likely than other such drugs ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - It's not just women who suffer from urinary incontinence: Nearly one in twenty U.S. men have moderate to severe forms of the condition, which is as common as one in six ...

1 Michigan State University, Department of Internal Medicine, East Lansing, MI, USA. [email protected] 2 Center for Functional GI & Motility Disorders, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel ...