Bladder Control for Women - A comprehensive introduction to the causes, symptoms, and treatments for bladder control problems in women.
Exercising Your Pelvic Muscles - A description of exercises for the pelvic floor muscles, called Kegel exercises, and how they can help to restore or maintain bladder control.
Menopause and Bladder Control - An introduction to the changes to your body that occur during menopause, how these changes can result in loss of bladder control, and how your health care team can help you restore or maintain bladder control.
Talking to Your Health Care Team About Bladder Control - Tips for giving your health care provider the information needed to diagnose and treat your bladder control problem.
Your Body's Design for Bladder Control - An introduction to the female urinary system. Includes diagrams of the bladder and pelvic floor muscles.
Your Medicines and Bladder Control - A description of the effects that your medications could have on bladder control, with a recommendation for discussing all your medicines with your doctor.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Bladder Control - A look at the effects that pregnancy and childbearing can have on bladder control and ways you can counter those effects.
Your Daily Bladder Diary - An easy-to-use 2 page form for patients to note liquid intake, trips to the bathroom, urine leaks, and other details that may help explain your incontinence.
What Your Female Patients Want to Know About Bladder Control - A fact sheet with tips for health care providers on raising the issue of incontinence with female patients who may be reluctant to talk about their problem.
Urinary Incontinence in Women - An overview of the types, diagnosis, and treatment of urinary incontinence in women.
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