Incontinence

by Jane McCredie

Several million Australians experience bladder and bowel control problems during their lifetime. Most of them never seek the professional help that could give them back their quality of life.

• Causes of incontinence
• Pelvic floor exercises
• Types of urinary incontinence
• Faecal incontinence
• Where to get help
• Bladder and bowel health
• More info

If you're too scared to play sport or attend social occasions because you're afraid of not being able to control your bladder or bowel, you're not alone.

If you have accidents where you wet yourself (even just a little bit), or pass faeces (poo) at the wrong time or in the wrong place, you suffer from incontinence.

Leakage of urine is called…