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Treatments for Urinary Incontinence

by Ricker Polsdorfer, MD

The treatment and management of urinary incontinence may involve simple exercises, medications, lifestyle changes, or surgery. The goal of treatment is to stop the leakage, or at least to minimize it and the complications resulting from it.

Treatment involves the following:

References:

American Foundation For Urologic Disease website. Available at: http://www.afud.org/.

National Association for Continence website. Available at: http://www.nafc.org/site2/index.html.

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