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Overview Risk Factors Causes Management Injectables Nonsurgical Treatment Medications Surgical Treatment Treatment Profiler Find a Urologist [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] |
Incontinence[an error occurred while processing this directive] Risk Factors for Stress Incontinence Risk factors include childbirth, menopause, and pelvic surgery (e.g., prostatectomy, hysterectomy).
Childbirth
If bladder control is lost immediately after childbirth, the pelvic floor muscles may recover within 6 weeks. If continence is not regained, treatment may be required. Sometimes incontinence develops months or years after childbirth. Women who exercise the pelvic floor muscles (Kegel exercises) are less likely to develop incontinence.
Menopause
Pelvic surgery
Surgical procedures that may affect the pelvic floor muscles include the following:
Stress incontinence is caused by the following:
Signs and Symptoms
Overview
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