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Urinary Incontinence Treatments
How is urinary incontinence treated?
Treatment for urinary incontinence depends on the type you have and how much it affects your life.
Treatments may include:
- Bladder training. This can help you better control when you have to urinate.
- Pelvic floor exercises (Kegels). These help strengthen the muscles that control the flow of urine.
- Medicines. An antidepressant medicine or other medicines may help with bladder control. Estrogen cream used in the vagina may also help.
- Changes in your diet and lifestyle. One example is to limit caffeine, carbonated drinks, and alcohol. These can make you urinate more.
- Medical devices.
- Urinary catheter. This includes condom catheters.
- Penile clamp. This may work for short-term use.
- Incontinence pessary. This fits into the vagina and compresses the urethra.
- Surgery. When other treatments aren't helping enough, you may need surgery. Types of surgery include urethral bulking, surgery to treat an enlarged prostate, and perineal or urethral sling surgery.
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Clinical Trials
Clinical trials are research studies that evaluate a new medical approach, device, drug, or other treatment. As a Stanford Health Care patient, you may have access to the latest, advanced clinical trials.
Open trials refer to studies currently accepting participants. Closed trials are not currently enrolling, but may open in the future.