Incontinence Treatment

Treatment depends on the cause and severity of incontinence. Treatment options for male incontinence include medications, behavioural therapy like bladder training and Kegel exercises, surgery, or a combination of these therapies.

Kegel exercises

Exercising the pelvic floor muscles is an important way to improve your bladder control. When done correctly they can build up and strengthen the muscles that help you hold urine. The pelvic floor is made up of muscles stretched like a hammock from the pubic bone in the front through to the bottom of the backbone. These firm supportive muscles help to hold the bladder and bowel in place and also function to close the bladder outlet and the back passage. Pelvic floor exercises strengthen the muscles that support the pelvic contents and prevent the escape of wind, faeces or urine. Stronger muscles can also enhance sexual satisfaction for both partners.

Bladder training

The aim of bladder retraining is to gradually increase the amount of urine your bladder is able to hold. This can be achieved by timed voiding or deferral of voiding in order to increase the intervals between trips to the toilet.

Surgical Treatments

If conservative measures do not work or you are still bothered by symptoms, then often surgery is indicated. Different surgical treatments are indicated depending on the type and severity of the incontinence.

Urge Incontinence

For urge incontinence which is refractory to medical treatments, injecting into the bladder can be beneficial. This minimally invasive procedure is undertaken as a day case and results can be seen very shortly afterwards.

Stress Incontinence

Sling procedure

For mild stress incontinence (typically 2 pads per day or less) a simple sling procedure often fixes the problem. In addition, sexual incontinence can also be helped by a sling. While some surgeons, only do one type of sling procedure, Mr Hadley has experience with inserting the 2 most common types of Slings which are both clinically proven to be safe and effective.

He will discuss with you which one he feel is best suited to your particular case.

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