Urinary Incontinence In Men – Practical Solutions for Men

If you are a man, and you’re reading this, this article might just be the solution for the one condition you’re suffering from right now. And yes, we’re talking about urinary incontinence in men, a condition that causes your bladder to leak, for example, just from rising quickly from a chair or from bending down to carry heavy things.  

If you are a partner to a man who has isolated himself from social gatherings due to UI, OR you have an elderly father or grandfather whom you have observed how incontinence has caused much inconvenience to their lives, don’t you wish you can reach out to them to help fix this condition that they are suffering from? 

Well, the feeling of slight urine “dribbling”, or worse, frequent wetting can make each of us cringe in discomfort and embarrassment, don’t we?

So how do you know if you or your loved ones are suffering from UI? First, let us find out if these everyday situations bother the person:

• You make frequent visits to the bathroom and feel embarrassed that your co-workers may have noticed your habits

• You suddenly feel the STRONG urge to urinate, and you leaked before you can even reach the washroom in time!

• You need multiple pad changes but try to hide it for fear that you smell like urine

If these concerns have been nagging you day in and day out, the bad news is, you are likely to be suffering from urinary incontinence (UI). UI is the uncontrollable urine loss from the bladder. It happens when a person has lost control of stopping his urine from leaking out.

Men, take heart though. UI is a common condition that not just affects you, but also millions of men (and even more women) around the world. 

This article will just discuss on UI in men – the types of urinary incontinence, causes of UI in men, and treatment options available for UI in men, to free yourself from the many episodes of stress that you are facing due to UI.

 

3 MAIN TYPES OF URINARY INCONTINENCE IN MEN AND ITS SYMPTOMS

• Urge incontinence: You feel a sudden, urgent need to urinate, followed by leakage as you cannot hold your urine long enough to get to the toilet.
• Stress incontinence: Urine leaks when you exert sudden, physical pressure on your bladder, such as from coughing, sneezing, exercising or lifting heavy object.
• Overflow incontinence: Your bladder is so full that you have leakage. A man can have trouble emptying his bladder if an enlarged prostate is blocking the urethra. 

 

CAUSES OF URINARY INCONTINENCE IN MEN

Although men and women experience very similar symptoms of UI, men are more likely to have urge incontinence than stress incontinence, with 80% of men experience urge incontinence, compared to 31% of women.

Most incontinence in men is related to the prostate gland. Male incontinence may be caused by:

• Prostatitis, a painful inflammation of the prostate gland
• Injury or damage to nerves or muscles from surgery
• Structural changes in the pelvic floor area causing an enlarged prostate gland which can lead to benign prostatic hyperplasia, a condition in which the prostate grows as men age. As the prostate grows, it can cause frequent or urgent need to urinate.
• Surgery on the prostate can lead to damage of the sphincter muscle, which can lead to stress urinary incontinence

 

CAN MALE INCONTINENCE BE PREVENTED? 

Although urinary incontinence causes discomforts and embarrassment to men suffering from it, UI may not be preventable. Risk factors, such as age and neurological conditions, are entirely out of your control.

However, changes in lifestyle can prevent the condition from getting worse: 

• Exercise often and lose excess weight, eat a balanced diet 
• Avoid alcohol and caffeine
• Strengthen pelvic floor muscles (also known as Kegel exercises)

Medications can help to shrink the prostate or relax muscles near your bladder. Before going for surgery, which is considered the last option, you might also want to consider other effective non-surgical treatments available to treat urinary incontinence in men. 

 

NON-INVASIVE TREATMENT FOR URINARY INCONTINENCE 

Having UI does not mean you have reached the end of the road, there are solutions to everything!

You can still become the confident man you used to be and be free to enjoy your favorite pastimes without being worried anymore about sudden “leaking” or “not being able to reach the toilet in time”.

Consider this: Electrical muscle stimulation is used to treat urinary incontinence by sending a mild electric current to nerves in the lower back or the pelvic muscles that are involved in urination.

The stimulation may make the muscles contract, producing an effect like Kegel exercises, which strengthen the muscles by contracting them frequently. The stimulation may also encourage the growth of nerve cells that cause the muscles to contract.

If you are looking to treat UI without surgery, Premier Clinic’s Wonder Muscle Sculpt can help you. Our friendly Customer Service Team is ready to answer the concerns you might have regarding your UI condition, so do contact us at +6012-662 5552 for more info.

 

References:

• https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/hometown-health/speaking-of-health/treatment-options-for-men-with-urinary-leakage
• https://www.healthline.com/health/overactive-bladder/male-incontinence#prevention
• https://myhealth.alberta.ca/Health/Pages/conditions.Electricalstimulation
• https://premier-clinic.com/our-services/wonder-muscle-sculpt/
• https://www.fixincontinence.com/discussing-incontinence/