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Urinary Incontinence - Symptoms & Evaluation

Urinary Incontinence - Symptoms & Evaluation

Patients with stress urinary incontinence experience leakage of a small to moderate amount of urine with activity, such as:

  • Sneezing
  • Running
  • Bending over
  • Simply changing positions

Symptoms of urge urinary incontinence include a moderate to large loss of urine immediately preceded by a sudden, strong urge to urinate. Patients with urge urinary incontinence are often not able to make it to the bathroom in time. Some patients experience urge urinary incontinence when they hear running water or get close to a bathroom. Certain foods or beverages may make urge urinary incontinence worse.

Patients with mixed urinary incontinence suffer from symptoms of both stress and urge urinary incontinence. Often, one type seems worse than the other.

Symptoms of overflow urinary incontinence include the continual loss of urine without a sense that bladder is full. Other symptoms associated with overflow incontinence are an incomplete emptying of the bladder, slow urine stream, difficulty starting urination, or dribbling of urine after urination is complete. Urine leakage often increases with activity.

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Dr. Alexis E. Te, M.D. | Cornell Urology

Alexis E. Te

M.D.

646.962.4811
646.962.4811
Aetna-Weill Cornell POS, CIGNA, EBCBS PPO/EPO, Medicare, Oxford Freedom, Rockefeller University-CoreSource, United Healthcare Commercial
The Iris Cantor Men’s Health Center
Dr. Bilal Chughtai, M.D.

Bilal Chughtai

M.D.

646.962.4811
646.962.4811
AETNA [Medicare], AETNA-HMO, AETNA-PPO, Aetna-Weill Cornell POS, CIGNA, EBCBS HMO, EBCBS Mediblue, EBCBS PPO/EPO, Emblem Select Care, Empire BCBS HealthPlus, Empire BCBS HealthPlus (CHP), Federal Medicare, Fidelis Care, Health First, Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP), Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP) [Medicaid], Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP) [Medicare], NY State Medicaid, Oxford Freedom, Oxford Health Plans [Liberty], Oxford Health Plans [Metro/Core/Charter], Rockefeller University-CoreSource, UHC Compass, UHC Medicare, United Empire Plan, United Healthcare Commercial, VNSNY CHOICE Medicare, VNSNY CHOICE SelectHealth
The Iris Cantor Men’s Health Center

Alfred Winkler

MD, MBA

(646) 962-9600
(646) 962-9600
AETNA [Medicare], AETNA-HMO, AETNA-PPO, Aetna-Weill Cornell POS, Affinity Access, Affinity Health Plan, Amida Care, Blue Priority Network, CIGNA, EBCBS HMO, EBCBS Mediblue, EBCBS Pathway X, EBCBS Pathway X Enhanced, EBCBS PPO/EPO, Emblem Select Care, Empire BCBS HealthPlus, Empire BCBS HealthPlus (CHP), Fidelis Care, GHI, Health First, Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP), Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP) [Medicaid], Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP) [Medicare], Medicaid, Medicare, Oxford Freedom, Oxford Health Plans [Liberty], Oxford Health Plans [Medicare], Oxford Health Plans [Metro/Core/Charter], POMCO, Rockefeller University-CoreSource, UHC Compass, UHC Medicare, United Empire Plan, United Health Care [Community Plan], United Healthcare Commercial, VNSNY CHOICE Medicare, VNSNY CHOICE SelectHealth
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