What are urgency, urge incontinence and the urge syndrome?
What are urgency, urge incontinence and the
urge syndrome?
Urgency means that you have a sudden and urgent need to empty your bladder. With urge incontinence there is a knowledge that if a toilet is not readily available, there will be an inevitable leakage. Women with urgency incontinence of urine typically know the location of every public convenience in the localities where they shop.
The urge syndrome is a combination of frequency, nocturia, urgency and urge incontinence.
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