Bladder Control

Mixed Incontinence

Signs and Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment

Signs and Symptoms

It is quite common for a woman to experience a combination of both "stress" incontinence and "overactive bladder" symptoms.

Overactive Bladder

If you leak urine and have sudden, strong urges to urinate or if you urinate excessively, you may have urge incontinence or overactive bladder.

Stress Incontinence

This is a condition resulting from an increase in pressure in the abdomen that causes physical stress on the pelvis and urine leakage. Coughing, sneezing, laughing, exercise and even standing up are activities that can cause leakage in women with this type of incontinence.

Reviewed by health care specialists at UCSF Medical Center.
Last updated November 5, 2007