Author:
Robert Simon
Date Of Creation:
21 June 2021
Update Date:
1 July 2024
Content
Male incontinence is a symptom of many conditions and conditions that require examination. You may have problems with the nervous system, urogenital organs, or another disorder. The key in preventing recurrence is identifying the cause of this condition in the past. Think about if anything has changed in your life, whether you take a new medication that could affect, or if you gain weight that puts additional pressure on your bladder. There are some precautions that apply to all healthy people, but if you are experiencing incontinence then seeing your doctor and discussing your symptoms is a good start.
Steps
Method 1 of 5: Take steps to prevent incontinence
Identify the types of incontinence you can prevent. There are many potential causes of incontinence and, unfortunately, out of control. Prostate fibroids, nervous disorders, stroke, prostate / bladder cancer, etc. cannot be prevented. However, you can take steps to reduce your risk of some of these underlying diseases.
Give up smoking. A great way to reduce your risk of developing incontinence is to stop smoking. The National Institutes of Health reports that up to 50% of bladder cancers are caused by smoking. Tumors put pressure on the bladder, leading to incontinence. If you need help, make an appointment with a doctor who can help you quit smoking. Your doctor can prescribe medications and refer you to a support group in your area.
Lose weight to prevent incontinence. When you are overweight, your bladder is under extra pressure. Pressure on the bladder can lead to incontinence. While losing weight is a daunting task, it will be worth the effort in the end. Start exercising more and try to eat healthy foods. Other weight loss methods include:- Make sure to eat the right amount of protein, fruits, vegetables, low-fat milk and healthy carbohydrates every day. The daily food groups you eat depend on your weight, age and health. If you need to consume 2,000 calories a day, you should eat 6-8 servings of whole grains, 4-5 servings of vegetables, 4-5 servings of fruit, 85 - 170 grams of protein, and 2-3 servings of low-fat milk. , 2 -3 servings of fats and oils.
- Schedule exercise and stick to it. Your workout schedule should include exercises that are good for the heart (like running or swimming), weight training (like push ups or lifting weights) and flexibility exercises (like yoga or stretching). .
- Limit servings per meal.
- Choose low-calorie snacks like fruits and vegetables.
Increase the amount of zinc in your diet. Research has shown that in prostate cancer patients, zinc levels in prostate malignancies decreased by 62 -75%, and zinc played a role in the progression to malignancy of glandular cells. prostate. It is recommended that zinc supplementation is necessary, but amounts are currently unknown. Consult with your doctor about the appropriate dosage of zinc supplements based on the zinc levels in your current diet.
Increase lycopene intake. Lycopene is powerful phytonutrients and antioxidants that have been shown to fight cancer.The five foods with the highest lycopene content in a cup include:- Guava: 8587 uq
- Watermelon: 6889 uq
- Tomato: 7298 uq
- Papaya: 2651 uq
- Grapefruit: 2611uq
Eat more soybeans. Soy isoflavones may help prevent prostate cancer. You can increase the amount of soybeans on your diet with Japanese soybeans, soy milk or tofu.
Include omega-3 fatty acids in your diet. Omega-3 fatty acids are found in many fish and seafood such as salmon, mackerel, sardines, and sea bass. Studies have shown that omega-3s are effective against breast, colon and prostate cancer.
Stay hydrated. Drink at least 8 glasses of water a day to prevent diseases such as urinary tract infections, constipation and kidney stones that cause incontinence. You should also consider drinking the majority of your fluids during the day and limiting your intake at night before bed.
Practice pee by the hour. If you are concerned about the development of incontinence, you can train your bladder to some degree. Set a time for the day to urinate. This is one way to train your bladder to help avoid urinary incontinence.
Avoid incontinence-causing foods and drinks. Substances that can lead to incontinence include alcohol, caffeine, sour, spicy foods, sugar or artificial sweeteners.
- Alcohol is a diuretic, a substance that dehydrates your body. It also irritates the bladder, leading to incontinence. Try to limit your alcohol intake to around one drink per night if you have one.
- Caffeine is also a diuretic. Drink caffeinated beverages early in the day, if available.
Try out the Kegel exercises. Kegel exercises are a great way to prevent incontinence by strengthening the pelvic muscles. Learning how to do the right exercises can be a little tricky because you have to isolate the pelvic muscles. The pelvic muscles are the muscles you use when trying to block the flow of urine. You should see or feel your testicles lift as you tighten your pelvic muscles.
- Once the pelvic muscles are separated, tighten and hold while counting to 5, then relax for the count to 5. The goal of the exercise is to repeat 10 times, 3 times a day.
Avoid diuretics. A diuretic is a substance that helps to get rid of excess fluid in the body. This drug is often prescribed for people with heart disease. Sadly, it has a tendency to cause incontinence. There are several types of diuretics: thiazide, loop, potassium-sparing, and quinazoline. Common diuretics include:
- Thiazide diuretics: Clorpres, Tenoretic, Thalitone, Capozide, Dyazide, Hyzaar, Lopressor HCT, Maxzide, and Prinzide.
- Loop diuretics: Lasix and Demadex.
- Potassium-sparing diuretics: Aldactazide, Aldactone, Dyazide, and Maxzide.
- Quinazoline diuretic: Zaroxolyn
- Always consult your doctor before stopping a prescribed medication.
Consider avoiding muscle relaxants. Muscle relaxants are indicated for the treatment of certain types of muscle damage. It is not surprising that this drug relaxes the body while also causing incontinence. Common muscle relaxants include:
- Valium, Soma, Flexeril, Skelaxin, and Robaxin.
- Sedative drugs can also cause incontinence.
Identify medications to treat high blood pressure that can cause incontinence. Medications to treat high blood pressure are used to lower blood pressure. Medicines to treat high blood pressure can be a compound of many different diuretics. If you are taking medications to treat high blood pressure, talk to your doctor about medications that have no side effects that cause incontinence. Common diuretics include:
- Moduretic, Minizide, Monopril HCT, and Accuretic.
Method 2 of 5: Treatment of overflow incontinence
Watch for symptoms of overflow incontinence. Overflow incontinence occurs due to an obstruction of the bladder's outlet, leading to "overflowing" and causing incontinence. Prostate fibroids (BPH) are the leading cause because an enlarged prostate gland compresses the urethra. However, a number of other conditions can also cause these symptoms, including:
- The number of urination increases
- Urinary hesitancy (difficulty urinating despite the need)
- Nocturia (urinating at night several times)
- Weak urine flow
- Recurrent urinary infections (UTIs)
- Urinary incontinence
- Occasional urinary retention (unable to urinate)
See your doctor. Although prostate enlargement is one of the most common causes of overflow incontinence, it's not the only one. You should visit your doctor and describe your symptoms to help your doctor correctly diagnose your condition.
- A tumor in the bladder or prostate can also lead to overflow incontinence, so your doctor will do a screening to rule out those possibilities. Tests will include a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test in the blood, a rectal exam (DTE) to probe for prostate abnormalities, and / or a cystoscopy (a tube is inserted into the bladder through the urethra to check for lumps). If a tumor is found in any of these cases, a biopsy is ordered to determine if the tumor is benign or malignant.
Identify medications that can lead to overflow incontinence. During your examination, your doctor will ask about the medications you are taking, as some can cause side effects that can cause overflow incontinence. Diuretics for cardiovascular disease, sedatives and muscle relaxants are common medications that cause incontinence problems. Certain antidepressants, sleeping pills, and high blood pressure medications have also been associated with overflow incontinence.
- Because these medications are indicated for the treatment of much more serious problems than incontinence, you should never stop prescribed medications unless directed to do so by your doctor.
- While not a medicine, too much coffee, tea, alcohol, and vitamins B or C can lead to overflow incontinence. Your doctor may test your blood to see if your diet has too much B and / or C vitamins.
Ask about medicines for overflow incontinence. For mild and moderate cases of prostate fibroids (BPH), a variety of drugs are prescribed to control symptoms such as:
- An alpha-blocker group like Hytrin, although it doesn't actually shrink the prostate gland, can relieve symptoms within a few weeks.
- A class of 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors such as Avodart may help reduce the prostate gland size, but may not improve symptoms until six months later.
- CIALIS, although originally used to treat erectile dysfunction (ED), also improves BPH symptoms.
- Your doctor may prescribe a combination of Avodart and Hytrin to get both effects. This is a common, safe, and effective treatment for controlling overflow incontinence.
Consider surgical options for severe cases. Prostatectomy (TURP) is an optimal procedure to clear the urethral outlet because enlargement of the prostate prevents the bladder from draining urine. This technique uses an endoscope to insert into the urethra and curettage or remove excess prostate tissue invading the urethra.
- The procedure can use any means, from lasers or microwaves to trans-urethral needles or selective imaging evaporation. This is a less invasive procedure and is performed as a treatment in many cases.
- A second surgery may be required in about ten years due to tissue regrowth.
Method 3 of 5: Treat urinary incontinence during exercise (stress incontinence)
Identify the symptoms of urinary incontinence on exertion. Uncontrolled urination on exertion (also known as incontinence due to increased abdominal pressure) is more commonly associated with leaking than a myriad of symptoms associated with overflow incontinence.You may notice urine coming out when you laugh, cough, sneeze, jog, or lift heavy objects.
Identify the causes of incontinence during exertion. Increased bladder pressure due to obesity or pregnancy is the most common cause. Uncontrolled urination during exertion can also occur due to lack of pressure on bladder spasms due to complications after surgery. Surgery commonly associated with this complication include prostate surgery and urethral fall prostatectomy (TURP).
- 10-20% of TURP surgeries lead to complications of urinary incontinence during exercise, and a higher incidence in prostate cancer surgery.
See a doctor. Your doctor will check your symptoms and do some tests to determine the best treatment regimen for you. For obese patients, testing for metabolic disorders, such as underlying thyroid problems, may be the cause of weight gain.
Weight loss. If your doctor concludes that your weight puts unnecessary pressure on your bladder, they may suggest you lose weight as a primary treatment for the condition.
- This process will include switching to a healthy, balanced diet combined with regular exercise. You can find more information in the articles "How to lose weight" and "How to eat healthy".
- You may need to consult with a registered dietitian and personal trainer for the best, healthiest plan to help you lose weight.
Practice Kegel exercises. While primarily known to help women improve pelvic floor muscles after pregnancy, Kegel exercises can also help men with exercise-induced incontinence. Do this exercise by tightening the muscles that control your secretion. First, you can practice by pausing halfway to see what the squeeze is like when actually practicing without urinating.
- Slowly tighten the muscles for the count to 5, then slowly relax during the count to 5. Do this 10 turns, 3 times a day.
Consider options for weight loss surgery. For people with pathological obesity, your doctor may recommend a stomach belt or other weight loss surgery options. One study found that 71% of patients who lost more than 18 points in body mass index (BMI) thanks to gastric bypass surgery regained control of urination within a year after surgery. advertisement
Method 4 of 5: Treatment of urinary incontinence due to a neurogenic bladder incontinence (neurogenic bladder incontinence)
Determine the cause of uncontrolled urination due to a neurological bladder syndrome. Urine secretion occurs when the nerves carry signals to the brain and down from the brain, commanding the bladder muscles and surrounding areas to contract and relax. If you have a neuromuscular disorder, such as multiple sclerosis (MS), these signals may be interrupted, causing neurological bladder syndrome. A person who has recently had a stroke can also develop neural bladder syndrome if the muscles in the bladder responsible for spasm and relaxation are affected.
See a doctor. Most patients with neurological bladder syndrome are familiar with the underlying causes. However, you should still see your doctor for a specific diagnosis. Your doctor will give you an overview of your treatment options and will help you consider which is best for your particular situation.
Try physical - psychological therapy. Also known as hourly secretion, physical-psychological therapy combines willpower and exercise to help treat incontinence. This therapy combines Kegel exercises (described in the section on stress incontinence) and a secretory diary to help you avoid incontinence attacks before they occur.
- An excretion diary is a daily record of the amount of fluids you drink, the number of times you urinate, the amount of urine and the times of incontinence. You can use this log to identify the times when you need to be near the toilet as well as when you should force yourself to urinate to limit incontinence attacks.
Talk to your doctor about medications of your choice. Although there are currently no medications for bladder spasms to help with neurological bladder, there are some medications that can help reduce or increase muscle spasm. Your doctor will determine one of the classes of medications that can treat your particular case.
Talk to your doctor about surgical options. There are different types of surgery, depending on the underlying cause of your neural bladder syndrome. Your doctor can discuss:
- Electrical stimulation therapy, which consists of electrodes and a small stimulant device, is implanted to help deliver signals interrupted by damaged nerves.
- An artificial sphincter, which is a ring that attaches to the neck of the bladder and works in conjunction with an implanted pump and adjustable balloon to collect urine.
Method 5 of 5: treatment of overactive bladder syndrome
Identify the symptoms of an overactive bladder. An overactive bladder (OAB) is a syndrome that leads to an inability to stop the urge to urinate. Common symptoms include:
- Urinary urgency (major symptom)
- Urgent incontinence (not in time to go to the bathroom)
- Urinating frequently and urinating at night (waking up at night to urinate)
See a doctor. Your doctor will help you formally diagnose overactive bladder syndrome as a potential cause. Only 2% of men with overactive bladder have symptoms of incontinence, so your doctor needs to consider any other potential causes.
- The doctor will perform a physical examination and order urine tests, even endoscopy in complicated cases.
- The results also showed increased bladder muscle activation at the bladder wall.
Peeing by the hour. Treatment includes behavioral therapy with an hourly regimen of urination. The hourly pee regime includes pee at certain intervals - for example, every four hours - even if you don't really want to urinate.
- This is a bladder training regimen, a form of cognitive-behavioral therapy. Try to exercise your bladder to empty at certain times to prevent incontinence.
- A recent report found that biofeedback behavioral therapy (hourly urination) was shown to outperform pharmacotherapy with oxybutynin or placebo in patients being treated for apical instability. .
- Biofeedback is a therapy in which patients are attached to a number of electrodes to measure their unconscious, subjective physiological responses. With this method, the patient can see his or her body responding biologically (such as drowsiness and attention to his needs) against "false alarms". The ability to see real data rather than judgment helps them evaluate the body's signals.
Ask your doctor about any medications you can take. There are a number of medicinal interventions, especially Ditropan, with a dosage of 5 mg, twice daily. Behavioral therapy, medication, and biofeedback therapies are commonly used. advertisement
Advice
- Encouraging a healthier lifestyle is always a good idea - a tobacco-free lifestyle with a combination of exercise and a balanced diet - can also prevent incontinence.
