Functional Incontinence

Patients with functional incontinence have mental or physical disabilities that keep them from urinating normally, although the urinary system itself is intact. Conditions that can lead to functional incontinence include:

Parkinson's disease
Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. Mental confusion may prevent both recognition of the need to void and locating a bathroom.
Severe depression. In such cases, people may become incontinent because they have difficulty with self-control.

Functional Incontinence Overflow Incontinence

Functional Incontinence Risk Factors

Review Date: 07/26/2010
Reviewed By: Harvey Simon, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)

Functional Incontinence

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Functional Incontinence