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Vejthani Women Center provides a comfortable,
sensitive environment to treat conditions related to
bladder and bowel control.
Nearly 85 percent of the 13 million Americans with incontinence
are women, but many don't seek help. About 25 percent
of women in their reproductive years and 50 percent of
women in postmenopausal years experience the condition.
Incontinence is a problem that can be cured or controlled
with treatment. Our services include a range of medical,
surgical and behavioral therapies as well as social and
emotional support to treat conditions such as:
• Mixed
incontinence
• Overactive
bladder or urge incontinence
• Pelvic
floor support problems or prolapse
• Stress
incontinence
Our health care providers are world-renowned experts trained
to evaluate and treat women experiencing incontinence.
They work with each woman to determine the best treatment
given individual needs and circumstances. The center also
works closely with primary care doctors and nurses, gynecologists
and urologists to coordinate care.
Collaborative decision making and patient education are
at the core of the program. Our experts are committed
to learning more about incontinence, bladder dysfunction
and prolapse. A key component of the program is translating
research findings about incontinence into patient care.
In turn, women receive the most up-to-date information
and care available.
Conditions and Treatments
Millions of Americans live with the often uncomfortable
and humiliating condition of incontinence rather than
seek medial treatment.
Generally, your bladder should empty every three to six
hours or four to six times in 24 hours. The average bladder
capacity is 10 to 20 ounces, though this decreases a bit
with age. Most adults feel a signal to urinate when the
bladder is about half full or more. After that first signal,
the sensation subsides temporarily. As the bladder gets
fuller, the signal returns and gets stronger and more
frequent, but still subsides if urination is delayed.
There are many possible causes of urinary incontinence.
These include:
• Changes
in the body after childbirth or surgery
• Diabetes
• Nerve
damage to the bladder
• Obesity
• Overactivity
of the bladder
• Severe
constipation
• Side
effects of medications
• Urinary
tract infection
• Weakened
pelvic floor muscles called prolapse
Bladder incontinence in women is typically treated as
one of four conditions:
• Mixed
incontinence
• Overactive
bladder or urge incontinence
• Prolapse
• Stress
incontinence
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