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What Is Incontinence In Women?

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Incontinence is not inevitable with age. It is treatable and often curable at all ages. If you experience incontinence, it may help you to remember that loss of bladder control can be treated.

What Is Incontinence In Women?

Topic Overview

What is urinary incontinence in women?

What Happens

Urinary incontinence in women may be temporary or long-term.

Adult Incontinence: How Common Is it?

Causes

Cause

Stress incontinence and urge incontinence are the most common types of urinary incontinence in women.

Are You at Risk?

What Increases Your Risk

Sometimes, several factors may combine to cause urinary incontinence.

Menopause & Incontinence

Because diabetes can damage nerves that control bladder function, it can be a factor in incontinence. This link takes you to an outside site.

Prevention

There are some ways to reduce your risk of developing incontinence.

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Important Safety Information | Prescribing Information

ENABLEX is a prescription medicine used in adults to treat the following symptoms due to a condition called overactive bladder:

· having a strong need to go to the bathroom right away (also called "urgency")
· leaks or wetting accidents (also called "urinary incontinence")
· having to go to the bathroom too often (also called "urinary frequency")

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

You should not take once-daily ENABLEX if you have certain types of stomach problems, glaucoma, or have trouble emptying your bladder. Side effects of ENBLEX include blurred vision, and more commonly dry mouth, constipation, indigestion, and abdominal pain. Use caution when doing certain activities until you know how ENBALEX affects you.