• Overflow Incontinence
• Highlights
• Introduction
• Stress Incontinence
• Urge Incontinence
• Functional Incontinence
• Risk Factors

Overflow Incontinence

Overflow incontinence happens when the normal flow of urine is blocked and the bladder cannot empty completely. Overflow incontinence can be due to a number of conditions:

• A partial obstruction. In this case the urine cannot flow completely out of the bladder, so it never fully empties.
• An inactive bladder muscle. In contrast to urge incontinence, the bladder is less active than normal, not more. It cannot empty properly and so becomes distended, or swells. Eventually this...