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What Is It? |
| Urinary incontinence is the involuntary loss of urine at a time that is neither convenient or socially acceptable. |
Welcome to the Lahey Clinic's Continence Center Home Page. We are committed to providing high quality evaluation and compassionate treatment for all types of urinary incontinence.
Urinary incontinence is the involuntary loss of urine at a time that is neither convenient nor socially acceptable. Incontinence is a symptom, not a disease or an inevitable part of growing older. Anyone can suffer from urinary incontinence, regardless of age.
There are many types of incontinence, some of which are temporary and some of which are more permanent. Even with people who have the more "permanent" forms of incontinence, many can be managed, improved significantly or cured. It is important to receive appropriate diagnosis and treatment of incontinence to help prevent complications from arising such as skin breakdown or urinary tract infections.
Urinary incontinence costs Americans more than $23 billion a year. Affecting more than 25 million Americans, urinary incontinence is far from rare:
- 1 in 4 women will have incontinence at some point in their lives.
- 2 out of 3 people with incontinence can be cured!
