Urinary Flashcards
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Q
Stress urinary incontinence
A
cause: weakening of pelvic floor - vaginal childbirth
Sx: incontinence w/ increased abd pressure - laughing, cough, sneeze
Tx: lifestyle modification - timed voiding, kegel’s; pessary; surgery
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Urge urinary incontinence
A
Cause: detrusor m. overactivity
Sx: incontinence preceded by sudden urge to void
Tx: lifestyle modifications; antimuscarinics - oxybutynin, darifenacin, solifenacin
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Overflow urinary incontinence
A
Cause: inability to void normally –> over distention of bladder
Sx: continuous leakage of urine
Tx: tx underline gcuase, intermittent catheterization
