When discussing incontinence, I'm always quick to define "stress incontinence" as a physical stress endured by your body, such as sneezing or coughing, which causes spontaneous leakage of urine. In this SharePost, however, I'd like to discuss the causes and effects of emotional stress when living with all kinds of both urinary and fecal incontinence.
Living with incontinence can be incredibly emotionally stressful. There's the stress of trying to hide a stigmatized medical condition from ...
Read more »...the ages of 44 to 60 + seem to feel the greatest emotional strain. Women in general are more... Read more »
...noticed that many of the scales devised to measure the effects of stress on people's health... Read more »
...imaging has revealed a breakdown in normal patterns of emotional processing that impairs the... Read more »
...pressure among others. As research began to look at the effects of stress and other negative... Read more »
...could have a role in the treatment of stress-induced emotional problems, the researchers decided... Read more »
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By Lindsay Braun, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The power of a positive attitude may not be powerful enough to... Read summary »
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- When someone has the blues, missing out on the enjoyment of life isn't the only negative. Depression can also harden arteries.... Read summary »
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- It's clear people react differently to the same trauma. Some people just have a bad memory and others suffer from posttraumatic... Read summary »