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incontinence
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incontinence

Failure or inability to control evacuation of the bladder or bowel (or both in the case of double incontinence). It may arise as a result of injury, childbirth, disease, or senility.
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Stress incontinence can occur when someone is coughing or sneezing, while urge incontinence occurs when one feels a sudden strong urge to urinate.
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Contrastingly, urge incontinence is when men experience such an overpowering need to urinate that they cannot quite make it to a bathroom in time to appropriately release their urine.
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The prevalence of urge incontinence in both men and women increases with age (Milsom et al 2001).
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