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Incontinence can occur in men for several reasons, including injuries, excessive weight, prostate conditions and physical limitations resulting in a failure to reach bathroom facilities.

The prostate gland is found only in men. As a man ages, the prostate gland enlarges. For many men, the enlarged gland never creates a problem. For a few men, it can cause incontinence.

The urethra can be partially, or completely blocked by the prostate gland, preventing the bladder from completely emptying. The muscles of the bladder may become irritated and contract involuntarily, causing a surge of urine to escape unexpectedly.

Problems with the prostate can include symptoms such as difficulty with the flow of urine, dribbling urine or sensing a need to go to the bathroom often.

More severe cases may have symptoms such as burning when the flow of urine passes or blood stained urine. Medical assistance can usually help with most cases of incontinence in men.

There are also male incontinence protection products available to provide a moisture blocking barrier and prevent leakage onto clothing.

KDR Products offers several male incontinence protection options that provide a dignified solution for incontinence problems.

Urinary Incontinence In Men

While urinary incontinence (UI) is widely thought of as a condition affecting women, it also affects men of all ages, including 17% of an estimated 3.4 million men over the age of 60 in the United States.

The prevalence of UI increases with advancing male age, and rose over time during the 1990s. Ethnicity plays less of a role in UI prevalence estimates for men than it does for women.

Risk factors for UI in both men and women include stroke, dementia, recurrent cystitis, bladder cancer, stool impaction, reduced mobility, diabetes, chronic cough, medications, and aging. However, specific to men is incontinence secondary to benign and malignant prostatic diseases and their treatments.

Up to 30% of patients who have had a radical prostatectomy experience some degree of incontinence afterwards.UI in elderly men creates a substantial burden on health care resources, the largest impact being felt in doctors’ offices, followed by outpatient services and surgeries.

During the 1990s, rates of physician office visits increased, but the burden of male UI is greatest in nursing homes, where more than half of the male residents report difficulty controlling their urine and require assistance using the toilet, either from equipment (14.8%) or from another person (52%).

The direct economic burden for UI in men is estimated to be $3.8 billion per year (1). The annual medical expenditures of persons with UI are more than twice those of persons without UI, $7,702 vs $3,204.

Patients themselves bear a significant proportion of the direct costs of incontinence, including the costs of pads, condom drainage catheters, indwelling foley catheters, and external devices such as Cunningham clamps. Annual costs to all individuals living at home have been estimated to be $7.1 billion (2).

DEFINITION

Urinary incontinence is defined as the complaint of any involuntary leakage of urine (3). It is sometimes grouped with other voiding complaints known collectively as lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS).

LUTS are subjective in nature and hence can be voluntarily self-reported or elicited during a medical history. Recognized clinical subtypes of UI are defined on the basis of their presumed underlying etiology.

An international standard for definitions of incontinence subtypes was set by the International Continence Society (ICS) in 1990 (4) and was updated in 2003 (3).

Stress incontinence is the involuntary leakage of urine on effort or exertion, sneezing, or coughing.

Urge incontinence is the involuntary leakage of urine accompanied by, or immediately preceded by, urgency. Patients describe this type of incontinence as difficulty in holding their urine until they are able to reach a toilet.

Mixed incontinence involves components of both stress- and urgency-related leakage.

Continuous incontinence is constant leakage, usually associated with a fistula; it occurs only rarely in males.

Enuresis refers to any involuntary loss of urine and should be distinguished from nocturnal enuresis, or urinary loss during sleep.

For the entire report and charts in pdf, Source: NIDDK.NIH.Gov.

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