Shandera K C
Hawaii Med J. 1998 Dec;57(12):746-8.
Urinary incontinence affects an estimated 13 million Americans of which 85% are women. It is an embarrassing and lifestyle limiting condition for which effective treatment is available. Health care providers should be alert to the signs and symptoms of UI and pursue its etiology. Those patients who fail medical therapy, in whom the etiology for the incontinence is unclear, or those patients with concomitant cystocele, enterocele, or rectocele, should be referred to an incontinence specialist.
据估计，美国有1300万人受尿失禁影响，其中85%为女性。这是一种令人尴尬且限制生活方式的疾病，不过有有效的治疗方法。医疗服务提供者应警惕尿失禁的体征和症状，并探究其病因。那些药物治疗无效、尿失禁病因不明的患者，或伴有膀胱膨出、肠膨出或直肠膨出的患者，应转诊至尿失禁专科医生处。
