Urinary incontinence [Neurosurgery Wiki]

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====== Urinary incontinence ======
Urinary [[incontinence]] (UI), involuntary urination, is any leakage of urine or fecal matter. It can be a common and distressing problem, which may have a profound impact on [[quality of life]]. Urinary incontinence almost always results from an underlying treatable medical condition but is under-reported to medical practitioners


[[Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus]] (iNPH) is a progressive [[neurodegenerative disease]] in the [[elderly]] with enlarged [[ventricle]]s and normal or slightly elevated cerebrospinal fluid pressure, clinically characterized by an insidious onset and gradual progression of impairments of [[gait]], [[balance]], [[cognition]], with [[urinary incontinence]]
((Hakim S, Adams RD. The special clinical problem of symptomatic hydrocephalus
with normal cerebrospinal fluid pressure. Observations on cerebrospinal fluid
hydrodynamics. J Neurol Sci. 1965 Jul-Aug;2(4):307-27. PubMed PMID: 5889177.)).

===== Stress urinary incontinence =====
[[Stress urinary incontinence]]