Try: With stress incontinence we mean involuntary urine-loss mostly drops or small gushes when laughing sneezing or coughing during physical exertion like sporting exercising or lifting the person can also experience involuntary urine-loss without active contractions of the bladder-muscles with "stress" in this case we mean the pressure in the pelvic-floor area causes under normal circumstances when the pressure in the pelvic-floor area is increased for example during the instances described above the pressure inside the bladder is also increased the result is that the pelvic-floor muscles and the rectal muscles contract as a reflex the bladder and the urine-tubes are closed and there is no involuntary urine-loss at the same time the pelvic-floor muscles support the bladder and keep the bladder and the surrounding organs in their place when the pelvic-floor muscles and the supporting tissue are weakened through repetitive pregnancies childbirth or hormonal changes there is a risk for involuntary urine-loss in that case the necessary support of the pelvic-floor muscles is decreased or absent the bladder with its muscles do not close anymore during laughing sneezing or coughing and drops of urine might be lost during these instances information references "incontinence help" 2008 by sherman oaks medical supplies available at www shermanoaksmedical com
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