HomeGuidestoDifferentTypesofIncontinenceEverythingYouNeedToKnowAboutDoubleIncontinenceEverythingYouNeedToKnowAboutDoubleIncontinence22ndNovember2019ClaireHarrisWhatIsDoubleIncontinence?DifferentTypesOfUrinaryIncontinenceWhatAreTheSymptomsOfDoubleIncontinenceWhatCausesDoubleIncontinenceCanAStrokeCauseDoubleIncontinenceHowToTreat/ManageDoubleIncontinenceHowCanYouAvoidDoubleIncontinenceDoubleincontinence,acombinationofurinaryandfaecalincontinence,canbeextremelydebilitatingandembarrassing.WhatIsDoubleIncontinence?Theterm‘doubleincontinence’referstofaecalandurinaryincontinenceoccurringtogether.However,mostpeopledonotrealisethattherearemultipletypesofincontinence,eachwithdifferentsymptomsandcauses.Understandingthekindofincontinencesomeoneissufferingfromisthefirststepinhelpingaddresstheproblem.DifferentTypesOfUrinaryIncontinence: UrgeincontinenceUrgeincontinenceisoftencausedbynerveormuscledamagebutcanalsobecausedbysomemedicalconditions.Agroupofsymptomscalled‘overactivebladder’canoftenresultinurgeincontinence,whenthebladdermuscleismoreactivethannormal.Itmanifestsasasudden,intenseurgetourinate,andcanleadtoaccidentsastheindividualrushestothetoilet.Often,whensomeoneexperiencesurgeincontinence,theydonotrecognisetheurgetovoiduntilitistoolate. StressincontinenceStressincontinenceoccurswhenthebladderexperiencessuddenpressure.Laughing,sneezing,andliftingheavyobjectscanallcauseurineleakage.Stressincontinenceisusuallycausedbyaweakpelvicfloormuscleordamagedsphinctermuscleintheurethra,allowingurinetoleakout.Somepeoplealsoexperiencemixedincontinence,acombinationofbothstressandurgeincontinence. OverflowincontinenceOverflowincontinenceoccurswhenthebladderisfilledwithtoomuchurine,anditoverflows.ItcanalsobereferredtoasChronicUrinaryRetention.Foravarietyofreasons,thebladdernervesdonotsignaltothebrainthatitneedstobeemptiedorcannotbeemptiedfully.Itcantakealongtimetocompletelyemptythebladder,anditthereforebecomesoverfilledandleakstorelievepressure. FunctionalincontinenceFunctionalincontinenceca