Going to your doctor for a visit, whether it is a first visit or a follow-up can be rather stressful. It’s often difficult to know how to make the most of your visit and make sure your issues are addressed, whether you are seeking incontinence treatment or something else. While this is true for all specialties of medicine, I am going to... Read more
Previously I have discussed options for treatment of incontinence, including overactive bladder, and options one may have other than taking medications. That being said, certain medications, a class called anticholinergics, are often the best and the easiest treatment for overactive bladder. After a thorough work-up of my patients, I often... Read more
What is often the most bothersome for a person with incontinence is not only that they are wet, but the feeling of urgency and frequency. The fact that they often feel like they have to go can be most distressing, and causes frequent trips to the bathroom.What many people don’t realize is that many foods and other things we ingest are... Read more
Urinary incontinence in women has widely been accepted as a result of aging. We now know this is not true. As I have mentioned in several previous blogs, you don’t have to be wet. There are many cures for the multitude of causes of urinary incontinence. But what if the problem has really nothing to do with your bladder. What I’m talking... Read more
There are many ways to treat and control incontinence that may or may not involve surgery. What is the most important issue in deciding on how to treat your incontinence is to find out what kind of incontinence you have. I highly recommend that you see a urologist for a full work-up to fully evaluate you and the type of incontinence you may... Read more
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