What causes urine leakage in women?

The problem of urinary incontinence is not uncommon in clinical practice, especially some women may experience urinary incontinence due to various reasons. There are many factors to consider at this time. Some external stimuli may also cause urinary incontinence in women. Urinary incontinence caused by different reasons generally needs to be treated according to the specific situation. So what causes urinary incontinence in women? Learn more.

1. Urinary incontinence refers to the involuntary leakage of urine from the urethra. It is medically known as urinary incontinence, which is divided into stress urinary incontinence, urge urinary incontinence and overflow urinary incontinence. Women often experience urine leakage, usually caused by stress urinary incontinence, which is the involuntary leakage of urine when the pressure in the abdominal cavity suddenly increases. For example, urine leakage may occur when coughing, sneezing, laughing, skipping rope, running fast, etc. The causes of the disease include multiple births, low estrogen levels, female pelvic floor muscle dysfunction, and obesity. It is more common in elderly women, and is also related to aging. You can usually improve the phenomenon of urinary incontinence by doing ani-lift exercises, which is the action of contracting the anus.

2. There are many reasons why women may experience urinary incontinence. It could be a urinary tract infection causing urge incontinence. It may be stress urinary incontinence caused by relaxation of the pelvic floor muscles. Therefore, in order to find out the exact cause, you need to go to the urology department of a regular hospital to do urodynamic tests, urine routine tests, and B-ultrasound tests of residual urine. If urge urinary incontinence is caused by urinary tract infection, you can take oral medications to stabilize bladder function, such as tolterodine tablets and flavoxate hydrochloride tablets. After 1-2 weeks of treatment, the symptoms of urinary incontinence can be effectively relieved. At the same time, you should take anti-inflammatory drugs orally. Only when the inflammation is completely healed will urinary incontinence stop occurring.

3. In addition, the incidence of urinary incontinence in women after menopause is higher than that in women of childbearing age. Starting from perimenopause, women face a decline in hormone levels. After menopause, due to the lack of hormones, the urethral and vaginal mucosa atrophy, and the blood vessels under the urethral mucosa become scarce, causing the force to close the urethra to become relatively weaker and the urethral tension to decrease, making it impossible to cope with strong external forces. Therefore, when faced with sudden increases in abdominal and bladder pressure due to coughing, sneezing, lifting heavy objects, etc., "urinary incontinence" occurs.