OUR HEALTH ADVICE – Most often following surgery for prostate cancer, urinary leakage can be resolved with several effective treatments.
This is one of the main reasons for consultation with the urologist. Urinary incontinence is defined as the involuntary loss of urine at any time of the day or night. If it is much less frequent in men than in women, it is nonetheless embarrassing. But this problem is not irremediable. Whatever the patient’s age, cause and severity of incontinence, there are solutions. What are these sudden leaks due to? What treatments can be offered? Answers with two specialists.
When all is well, the urine circuit begins in the kidneys. They filter and eliminate the waste carried by the blood, before evacuating them in the urine. The urine then flows through the two ureters (tube that connects each kidney to the bladder) to arrive in the bladder. Just below the bladder, around each ureter, is the urethral sphincter, a muscle that acts like a cock. It relaxes during urination to…
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