Faecal incontinence occurs when the bowel involuntary leaks stool, and this type of incontinence is most common in the elderly. However ...HomeForumCausesofIncontinenceLivingwithIncontinenceProductGuidesTreatmentforIncontinenceMedicationSurgeryTypesOfIncontinenceFaecalIncontinenceIncontinenceInMenNocturnalEnuresisOverflowIncontinenceStressIncontinenceUrgeIncontinenceTypesOfIncontinenceWhatisDoubleIncontinence?SamanthaHallFebruary6,20182Althoughtherearemanydifferenttypesofincontinence,manypeoplearenotawareofthevariations.Sincesometypesofincontinencearecausedbyweakmusclesandothersbymusclespasms,understandingthetypeofincontinenceisthefirststepinidentifyingthecauseoftheincontinence.Onetypeofincontinencewhichoftenoccursduetoneurologicaldamageisurgeincontinence,whichmanifestsitselfasthesuddenandincredibly,overpoweringurgetovoid.Withsuchastrong,immediateurgeitisquitecommonforapersontohaveanaccidentevenwhentheyareonthewaytothetoilet.Urgeincontinenceoccurswhenthenervesthatconnectbladdercontroltothebrainhavebeendamaged.Thisdamageallowsaviolent,suddencontractionofthebladder,andmakesitvirtuallyimpossibleforapersontoreachabathroomintime.Urgeincontinenceismarkedbyfrequenttripstotherestroom,sometimesasoftenaseveryotherhour,andtheurgeisconsistentaroundtheclock.Thedifficultywithurgeincontinenceisthatassoonasapersonfeelsthattheyneedtourinate,itisalreadyhappening.Urgeincontinencecan,therefore,resultinwettingthebed.Thenexttypeofincontinenceisknownasstressincontinence,whichshowsitselfasurineleakagewhensuddenpressureisappliedtothebladder.Evenlaughingorliftingaheavyobjectcanbringonsymptomsofstressincontinence.Thistypeofincontinencemostofteniscausedbyadamagedmuscle,orsphincter,whichallowsthebladdertoleak.Sometimesjuststandingupexertsenoughpressureonthebladdertotriggerstressincontinence.Otherplaceswherestressincontinenceiscommonisinthecourseofexercising,coughingorlaughing.Itisalsopossibletosufferfrommixedincontinence,wheretheincontinenceiscausedbyaweakordamagedmuscleaswellasnervedamage.Mixe