Treatments / Bladder training
i might need...
- Anterior and posterior repair
- Antibiotics
- Assisted conception
- Bladder training
- Catheter
- Colposcopy
- Colposuspension
- Combined oral contraceptive pill
- Diet and exercise
- HRT (hormone replacement therapy)
- Hysterectomy
- Hysteroscopy
- Laparoscopy
- Medical (adenomyosis)
- Medical (bladder)
- Medical (BV)
- Medical (DUB)
- Medical (dysmenorrhea)
- Medical (endometriosis)
- Medical (fibroids)
- Medical (PCOS)
- Medical (perimenopausal bleeding)
- Medical (problem periods)
- Medical (thrush)
- Myomectomy
- Oophorectomy
- Pelvic floor exercises
- Pelvic floor repair
- Surgery - designer vaginas
- Surgery for prolapse
- Tension free tape (TFT)
- Uterine artery embolisation (UAE)
- Vulvectomy
which means...
Bladder training
The best treatment for urge incontinence is bladder training. Many women with this problem become over-sensitive to feelings of bladder fullness and tend to rush off to the toilet at the first sensation of needing to go. The bladder becomes accustomed to holding smaller and smaller amounts of urine and starts to send signals that it is full earlier and earlier.
Bladder training aims to stretch the bladder by gradually increasing the intervals between passing urine. When you feel the urge, tighten your pelvic floor muscles and try to wait a few more minutes before going. If you leak a little urine while you are hanging on, try wearing an absorbent pad. Don't limit the amount you drink while you are bladder training. Bladder training requires willpower and determination. It will work if you persevere.
Getting help
If you wish to make an appointment to seek further advice and or treatment, please contact Dr Harrington's secretary.
it treats...
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Urge incontinence
This is where there is an urge to pass urine and you are unable to reach the toilet in time. It is due to the bladder and its nerve control malfunctioning, leading you to believe there is an urgent need to pass urine when there is not.
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