Among teens and young women, incontinence problems are typically related to sports injuries, says Pamela Moalli, MD, a professor of urogynaecology at the University of Pittsburgh Magee-Womens Research Institute. “About 20% of college athletes report leakage of urine during sports activities,” she tells WebMD.

Just as the hot flushes begin to disappear, other symptoms manifest themselves such as Sress Urinary Incontinence (SUI) due to weak pelvic floor muscles, but a more discomforting change is known as genito-urinary syndrome of menopause (GSM) and can affect up to 50% of postmenopausal women.

Mothers with adult incontinence reveal their ‘little accidents’ as they praise Kate Winslet for speaking openly about the condition Kate Winslet opened up about the condition on Graham Norton show She admitted sneezing and jumping on a trampoline causes accidents Fellow mothers have praised actress for talking openly about AI Reveal how they avoid drinking water and always carry changes of clothes Read the full article here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3330108/Kate-Winslet-praised-mothers-adult-incontinence-admitting-condition.html#ixzz3tIaJjkco

Urinary incontinence is urine leakage from a loss of bladder control that mainly affects women after childbirth. But it can happen to anyone. Around 37% of Australian women have some form of the condition compared to 13% of Australian men.

The idea that only prolapse mesh causes problems is ‘utter nonsense’ say campaigners as they take their fight to the House of Lords A plea has gone to the Government to suspend pelvic mesh implants until the true number of women suffering is known. Lord Phillip Hunt sent out the plea during a House of Lords question time, joined by around 40 members of campaign group Sling The Mesh. The support group has grown from 900 to 5,400 in the last year with new members assured by clinicians they were just unlucky mystery patients. The House of Lords question comes amid a growing backlash against surgeons who say it is only prolapse mesh causing problems and the mesh tape for incontinence is an effective treatment. A spokesman for Sling The Mesh, said: “A third of our members have prolapse mesh and two thirds incontinence mesh implants. The complications are exactly the same stories with the same personal tragedies. READ MORE HERE  

It’s like secret women’s business that few women know or want to talk about until it’s too late. Prolapse — it is a deeply personal horror story I’m living with along with many others, and I wish I had known more about it earlier. I feel like I have lost my freedom to do so many things. After childbirth, the pressure to get your pre-baby body back is intense. But the desire and need for strong bodies can be fraught with pitfalls, if you don’t realise the damage done from childbirth. I pride myself on keeping fit, I think my love of pilates, yoga and lots of heavy lifting in the garden have contributed to the problem. According to the Continence Foundation of Australia (CFA), half of all women over the age of 50 who have given birth have some level of prolapse. That is when the ligaments are stretched or there is trauma to the muscles which allows the bladder, uterus and or bowel to effectively slip down and either protrude into the vagina or press against the wall of the vagina. Described as a silent epidemic, the CFA said one in five Australian women required medical help for […]

Stress urinary incontinnce (SUI) is a common condition among women. The usual approach to treatment of SUI is a stepwise plan from conservative to surgical procedures. A vaginal pessary is one of the commonly used conservative treatments that offer symptomatic improvement for women with incontinence. This review provides a critical analysis of the benefits and shortcomings offered by vaginal pessaries to patients affected by SUI, with a particular focus on indications, advantages, quality of life, patient satisfaction, and potential complications. To obtain the required information, an extensive search of PubMed and Cochrane databases was performed, covering the time frame from January 2000 to December 2016. We also surveyed the published guidelines of American Urological Association, Canadian Urological Association, American Urogynecological Society, National Institutes of Health (USA), and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (UK). A total of 192 original research papers, review articles, and clinical trials were identified. The analysis of retrieved data provides evidence that vaginal pessaries constitute an effective nonsurgical option for SUI. The satisfaction rate with pessary use is high and only minor complications, if any, occur, vaginal discharge being the most common. The reviewed studies document that vaginal pessaries provide an adequate control of SUI […]

“I had had three kids and was a bit leaky,” says Elaine Miller. Her experience is very common, so now she teaches others how to strengthen their pelvic floor muscles. Squeeze along as she shares some exercises with a group of mums. Watch the video here.