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Re: Stress incontinence, and Kegel Exercises

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Fri, 14 May 1999 14:38:10 -0500 (CDT)

At Wed, 12 May 1999, J.Glenn Bradley MD wrote:

>Incontinence by definition is the involuntary loss of urine. There are
>different mechanisms whereby the patient may become incontinent. Once a
>urinary stream begins if involuntary, then by definition the patient is
>incontinent. Your description suggests either bladder instability or
>intrinsic sphincteric deficiency, not classical stress incontinence(with
>coughing, sneezing).
>
>Dr.B

Okay, at least I know what to look up now. But this description does crack me up a little bit, because, gee, if I knew already what bladder instability or intrinsic sphincteric deficiency were, wouldn't I have been able to answer my own questions? Not trying to be difficult here, it just strikes me funny. Thanks for all your help.



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