Urinary Incontinence

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Call your Health Care Provider if

You should address your incontinence with your doctor. Gynecologists and urologists are the specialists most familiar with this condition. They can evaluate the causes and recommend different treatment approaches.

Call your local emergency number (such as 911) or get to the nearest emergency room if any of the following accompany a sudden loss of urine control:

• Difficulty talking, walking, or speaking
• Sudden weakness or numbness/tingling of an arm or leg
• Loss of vision
• Loss of consciousness or confusion
• Loss of bowel control

Call your doctor if:

• You have been constipated for more than one week.
• You have difficulty starting your urine flow, dribbling, nighttime urination, pain or burning with urination, increased frequency or urgency, or cloudy or bloody urine.
• You are taking medications that may be causing your incontinence. DO NOT adjust or stop any medications without talking to your doctor.
• You are over 60 years old and your incontinence is new, especially if you are also having trouble with your memory or caring for yourself.
• You have the urge to go often, but are only passing small amounts of urine.
• Your bladder feels full even after you have just urinated.
• Your incontinence persists for more than 2 weeks even with home care measures to strengthen pelvic muscles.