Urinary leakage generally refers to urinary incontinence. Common causes of urinary incontinence include childbirth, urinary tract infections, prostate enlargement, neurological disorders, etc. Age and obesity are also high risk factors for urinary incontinence.
1. Childbirth: Vaginal delivery can affect the muscles that control the bladder and damage the bladder nerves and surrounding supportive tissues. Women who have given birth several times can have stress incontinence due to increased abdominal pressure from coughing and sneezing.
2. Urinary tract infection: Urinary tract infection can stimulate the bladder and cause the urge to urinate, thus inducing urinary incontinence.
3. Prostatic hyperplasia: it occurs in middle-aged and old-aged men, the enlarged prostate can press the urethra of prostate or bladder urethral orifice, resulting in obstruction, when the obstruction is aggravated to a certain extent, chronic urinary retention and overflow incontinence can occur.
4. Neurological disorders: Neurological disorders such as stroke, Parkinson’s disease, and brain tumors can interfere with the nerve signals involved in bladder control, causing urinary incontinence.
5. Age: with the increase of age, the pelvic floor muscle relaxation, tissue aging, urinary incontinence can occur.
6. Obesity: Obesity can increase the pressure on the bladder and surrounding muscles, reduce the regulatory function of the bladder muscles, and cause urine leakage when the abdominal pressure increases.
Patients with urinary incontinence should consult a doctor in time to identify the cause and give targeted treatment if necessary.