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| What
is the Definition of Incontinence? |
The
unintentional passing or voiding of urine, or the inability to control
and manage urine. It is not a disease, but the consequences
of
involuntary loss of urine that can be debilitating to a person's
self-esteem, social life, and job. It is a condition that can
cause sever psychological distress and mental anguish. And to make
matters worse, men who are incontinent are highly reluctant to seek out
medical attention in the early stages of urinary incontinence; instead,
they often try to deal with it through a few behavioral modifications
at best, or in most cases they decide to keep it to themselves and deal
with it in silence by doing nothing until conditions get so bad they
are forced to seek medical intervention.
Many men who suffer from urinary incontinence have
all but
given
up on an outgoing and active lifestyle to avoid embarrassing and
humiliating scenes from being unable to manage or control urine
passing. A number of documented cases of men with incontinence have
shown self imposed isolation; avoidance of public and social events, as
well as family gatherings, as a way of dealing with urinary
incontinence. Some men who have experienced episodes of urinary
incontinence in public become angry and bitter toward themselves and
totally withdraw from society completely. Filled with shame and
dejection they begin to give up on themselves and life in general.
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