Pelvic floor exercises and female stress urinary incontinence

[摘要] INTRODUCTION It is quite staggering that stress urinary incontinence (SUI), a condition that affects about 1 in 3 women, and causes physical, emotional, and social distress, does not grab more attention. SUI is the most prevalent incontinence problem; others include urge, mixed (stress and urge) urinary incontinence, and/or faecal incontinence, as well as pelvic floor dysfunction, such as prolapse. Sufferers are often reluctant to mention their incontinence-related symptoms to clinicians.1 Furthermore, when women do present to services with these symptoms, they may feel ‘brushed aside’.

[学科分类] 卫生学