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OVERVIEW
This page is designed to organize content that is relevant to the topic of stress urinary incontinence in females. This term is used often in medicine, and it is important that we become as familiar as possible with it.
WHAT EXACTLY IS IT?
Before going any farther, let us make sure we clearly define the “medical problem”. Stress urinary incontinence refers to the loss of urine as the result of increased intra-abodminal pressure (coughing sneezing laughing, lifting).
WHY IS IT A PROBLEM?
This can be an embarrassing inconvenience for patients.
ORGANIZING THE DIFFERENTIAL
The differential diagnosis for stress urinary incontinence in females can be organized in a few different ways:
CLINICAL “WORKUP”
Now that the possible causes of stress urinary incontinence in females have been established, the focus can shift to how one would actually “work-up” a patient who presents in this fashion.
TREATMENT
The treatment of stress urinary incontinence in females may vary depending on the etiology of the condition, and is elaborated upon more below:
Page Updated: 11.28.2016