Incontinence and Diabetes

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This symptom will result in an individual drinking more fluids than normal and causing them to have a more urgent and more frequent need to urinate.
Among those with diabetes the increased blood sugar levels can also cause their bladder to get irritated, which can lead to urinary incontinence.
The nerve damage that is caused by diabetes can also affect the bladder function and in turn may cause the person to lose the sensation of bladder fullness.
This means that also this will reduce the ability to sense the need to go to the bathroom.
The recent studies have shown that eighty five percent of diabetic people that also experience numbness in their feet and/or hands will also have a decrease in their bladder sensations.
These same people may also have their bladder become over stretched from the increase of urine volume.
In turn this same nerve damage may also keep their bladder from emptying all the way, which in turn causes the bladder to become to full and this leads to urine leakage.
There is a pelvic muscle exercises known as the Kegels that can help improve blood circulation as well as strengthen the muscles that support the bladder.
These exercises can be a big help to women who have recently given birth to help their bodies regain some of strength after the damaging affects sometimes experienced during child birth.
Diabetes is also related to obesity and because of the extra weight placed on the muscles of the pelvic floor can cause urinary incontinence.
The simple act of losing weight may cause a reduction or completely cure the incontinence.
Constipation is another symptom of diabetes and can affect nearly sixty percent of people with diabetes.
This symptom not only makes the person feel very uncomfortable but may also cause them to have difficulty emptying their bladder completely.
Congestive heart failure from a diabetes related coronary artery disease can cause your legs and feet to retain water.
This means your body can create too much urine at night and in turn leading to the person having to get up several times a night.
When you have to get up so often and are having trouble holding your bladder as well this can lead to urinary incontinence at night.
Having a stroke from diabetes can affect the bladder sensation and your ability to hold back from urinating.
If the person suffers from mental impairment due to the stroke this can make it very difficult for this person to toilet themselves and in some cases needing the assistance of someone to help them get to the restroom.
This need to depend on someone to take you can lead to urinary incontinence as well.
On the same note if the person suffers from mobility challenges due to diabetic neuropathy, peripheral vascular disease, and amputation can prevent this person from being able to reach the toilet in a timely matter.
This same person may also have difficulty removing clothing and reaching the toilet so may also suffer from this incontinence.
The first step to finding a cure or at least a way to manage your incontinence is to speak to your doctor.
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