Double incontinence is usually caused by damage to the network of muscles and nerves that control urination and bowel movements. This damage can be caused by straining during bowel movements, medical conditions (such as multiple sclerosis) and physical problems, and is often reversible.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.Itcanalsobere