Incontinence Treatment

As per a study, around 30% of midlife women suffer from urinary incontinence of which, not even 50% go for medical aid. The reason behind this is the involved embarrassment or the fallacy that this is due to aging, which has no cure. However, this is not true and so; get some smile on the face as fortunately, there are many options available in the list of incontinence treatment. Even if you do not get fully cured, you still have high chances of reducing the frequency of urine loss. And yes, you should never consider incontinence as a sign or result of aging.

You need to consider three approaches for incontinence treatment, which are Lifestyle Changes, Alternative Medicine, and Drugs and Surgery.
 

• Lifestyle ChangesThis is the first approach with which you must begin your fight against incontinence. Although there is no risk involved here, it surely asks for the highest degree of self discipline. Essentially, you can practice stress reduction techniques like yoga or meditation, do regular exercise, and take an improved diet. These are all a great natural incontinence treatment options. As per the research, diets rich in stuff stimulating estrogen levels like soy, apples, alfalfa, cherries, rice, and wheat are quite effective. Other common lifestyle changes include:
• Avoiding caffeine/alcohol/tobacco
• Sleeping 7-8 hours each night
• Taking vitamins B, C, D, and E
• Practicing breathing exercises
• Drinking a lot of water

An ideal way to deal with incontinence for a menopausal woman is to strengthen pelvic floor muscles that manage the bladder. To do so, lie on the floor, pull in the pelvic muscles, and keep them stiff until a count of three. Then, relax for a few seconds and do all these steps again. I would advise to look for more such exercises from an expert.

• Alternative MedicineThe lifestyle changes do not deal with the problem by attacking the hormonal source. This means you need to look for further incontinence treatment to remove the root cause. This is when alternative medicine enters your life. Fortunately, it has proved to be the exceptional treatment, which is safe and natural too. Alternative approaches bear a little or no risk and can offer many different therapies.
  
  Herbal supplements, acupuncture, biofeedback, massage, aromatherapy, or hypnosis are all valid and effective options in this category. However, maximum women are of the opinion that the herbal supplements are the easiest option due to less time and money investment. There are two types of herbal supplements for treating all the menopause symptoms namely, phytoestrogenic and non-estrogenic herbs.
  
  Phytoestrogenic herbs (like Black Cohosh) are rich in estrogenic components that are generated by plants. So, these herbs tackle with the hormonal imbalance by feeding your body with these external estrogens. However, these herbs results in the declined capacity of the body to produce estrogen on its own, which leads to a further reduction in own hormone levels. So, there is a need of something that does add to the hormone levels, but without reducing the body’s capacity to produce hormones.
  
  This is possible via the non-estrogenic herbs. Yes, this is true that they do not contain estrogen at all, but yet they stimulate the body’s production levels. Want to know how? Ok! These herbs do so by nourishing the pituitary and endocrine glands that are responsible for producing estrogen. So, these glands can now efficiently produce estrogen and other hormones to restore original hormone balance – including even that of progesterone and testosterone. Therefore, the non-estrogenic herbs like Macafem are really the safest ones to intake during your incontinence treatment, as the body does not lose its ability to create its own hormones and nor does it have to be dependent on external hormone-based products.
  
  Many menopausal and experts advise to combine the lifestyle changes with alternative medicines for the most effective results.
• Drugs and SurgeryThere are some women for whom the symptoms are quite severe, which calls for a drastic and more risky incontinence treatment. This is the option of inclining towards drugs and surgery that involve the highest risk and cost. Here, the most common drug therapy is Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), but has some dangerous side effects.