What medicine should elderly women take for urinary incontinence

As people age, especially women who have children, undergo strenuous exercise and heavy physical labor, they may suffer from urinary incontinence, which causes the urethra muscles to relax. This often manifests as involuntary urine leakage when coughing, sneezing, etc., and the private parts are often wet. So what should be done about urinary incontinence in elderly women? What medicine can provide relief? It is recommended to do more anal exercises, exercise the pelvic floor muscles, and keep the private parts clean. Next, let’s take a closer look.

Urinary incontinence occurs due to relaxation of the pelvic floor muscles and weakened control ability. When abdominal pressure suddenly increases, such as when coughing, sneezing, laughing, suddenly changing body position or lifting heavy objects, urine will flow out involuntarily. This condition often occurs in obese women over middle age, especially those who have given birth. The main treatments include drugs for treating urinary tract infections and incontinence. They must be prescribed by a doctor according to the situation. Do not buy and use them at will. Develop good urination habits. Patients with urinary incontinence can urinate every 2-3 hours to train their bladder control ability and improve their awareness of urination. Try to empty your bladder as much as possible each time you urinate. Pelvic floor muscle training, doing pelvic floor muscle exercises more often can strengthen the muscle contraction and control to reduce urinary incontinence.

"Female urinary incontinence is mainly divided into urge incontinence, stress incontinence, overflow incontinence and true incontinence, especially urge incontinence, stress incontinence and mixed incontinence with both symptoms. Stress incontinence is the most common type of urinary incontinence in women. It can be treated through behavioral adjustment, pelvic floor muscle rehabilitation training, drug therapy such as α-receptor agonists, midodrine hydrochloride and mid-urethral suspension. For moderate to severe urinary incontinence, mid-urethral suspension is the "gold standard"; anticholine drugs such as M-receptor blockers tolterodine, solifenacin and beta-receptor agonist mirabegron have a good effect on urge incontinence. If oral medication is ineffective, bladder wall botulinum toxin injection can be used for treatment. Mixed urinary incontinence is generally treated with urge incontinence first, followed by stress incontinence."