What is Urinary Incontinence? Urinary incontinence is leaking of urine that you can't control. Many American men and women suffer from ...AUASummit-Incontinence:Symptoms&TreatmentAdvertisementUrologyA-ZUrinaryIncontinence  InThisSectionUrinaryIncontinenceSymptomsTreatmentAdvertisementAdvertisementWhatisUrinaryIncontinence?Urinaryincontinenceisleakingofurinethatyoucan'tcontrol.ManyAmericanmenandwomensufferfromurinaryincontinence.Wedon'tknowforsureexactlyhowmany.That'sbecausemanypeopledonottellanyoneabouttheirsymptoms.Theymaybeembarrassed,ortheymaythinknothingcanbedone.Sotheysufferinsilence.Urinaryincontinenceisnotjustamedicalproblem.Itcanaffectemotional,psychologicalandsociallife.Manypeoplewhohaveurinaryincontinenceareafraidtodonormaldailyactivities.Theydon'twanttobetoofarfromatoilet.Urinaryincontinencecankeeppeoplefromenjoyinglife.Manypeoplethinkurinaryincontinenceisjustpartofgettingolder.Butit'snot.Anditcanbemanagedortreated.Learnmorehere.Talktoyourdoctor.Findoutwhattreatmentisbestforyou.KeyStatisticsAquartertoathirdofmenandwomenintheU.S.sufferfromurinaryincontinence.ThatmeansmillionsofAmericans.About33millionhaveoveractivebladder(alsoknownasOAB)representingsymptomsofurgency,frequencyandwithorwithouturgeincontinence.Studiesshowthatmanythingsincreaserisk.Forexample,agingislinkedtourinaryincontinence.Pregnancy,delivery,andnumberofchildrenincreasetheriskinwomen.Womenwhohavehadababyhavehigherratesofurinaryincontinence.Theriskincreaseswiththenumberofchildren.Thisistrueforcesareansection(c-section)andvaginaldelivery.Womenwhodevelopurinaryincontinencewhilepregnantaremorelikelytohaveitafterward.Womenaftermenopause(whoseperiodshavestopped)maydevelopurinaryincontinence.Thismaybeduetothedropinestrogen(thefemalesexhormone).Takingestrogen,however,hasnotbeenshowntohelpurinaryincontinence.Menwhohaveprostateproblemsarealsoatincreasedrisk.Somemedicationsarelinkedtourinaryincontinenceandsomemedicinesmakeitworse.Statisticsshowthatpooroverallhealthalsoincreasesrisk.Diabetes,stroke,hig