Continuing our theme from yesterday, today I’ll provide a couple of definitions for male incontinence and then the top four terms I hear that used interchangeably with male incontinence. First the technical description.
Male incontinence is usually caused by a damage sphincter. When damaged, often the unavoidable result of prostate cancer surgery, the muscle cannot close the urethra, which causes urine to leak.
This is a great description but there is another one I like that Dr. Kuan provided:
“If you are leaking urine at times that are socially unacceptable to you, you may be suffering from male urinary incontinence.”
Now that we have a couple of nice definitions, here are the top four terms I hear in community health talks that mean male urinary incontinence:
- Urinary incontinence
- Stress incontinence
- MI
- Male Incontinence
Those are the terms I hear most often so you can use any of them instead of male urinary incontinence. Remember, if you are dealing with any form of urinary incontinence, seek out the advice of your urologist.
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