Incontinence

Urinary urgency. Frequent leaks. Embarrassing accidents. If these symptoms are part of your daily life, it’s time to get the help you deserve.

Although incontinence is a common problem for many women, it doesn’t have to be a way of life. Find supportive, compassionate care from the women’s health specialists at Aurora BayCare Medical Center.

Fecal and urinary incontinence treatment: Why choose Aurora BayCare Medical Center?

Incontinence is the loss of bladder or bowel control. We offer expert treatment for a full range of women’s health conditions, including fecal and urinary incontinence. Highlights of our program include:

• Experienced team: You receive care from board-certified specialists with advanced training in urogynecology. Urogynecologists are dedicated to the unique needs of women who have bladder, pelvic and urinary function problems.
• Personalized attention: Incontinence affects every woman differently. We take the time to learn what you’re experiencing before building a customized treatment plan suited to your needs.
• Comprehensive care: Your urogynecologist works closely with other providers to ensure that you receive complete care. Aurora BayCare’s specialty care areas include urology, incontinence therapy and digestive health.

Our treatments and services for incontinence

We offer a range of nonsurgical and surgical incontinence treatments, including:

• Biofeedback: Sensors on the skin help us measure the strength of your pelvic floor muscles as you do exercises. We make sure you’re activating the correct muscles so you can better control incontinence.
• Bladder injections: We may recommend injections, such as Botox®, in the bladder to relax muscles and ease symptoms of urge incontinence.
• Bladder or bowel retraining: Strengthening exercises and behavior modifications help you regain control of the muscles responsible for bladder and bowel function.
• Nerve stimulation: Implanted, removable devices send mild electrical impulses to the sacral nerves or tibial nerves. These nerves regulate the bladder and pelvic floor. Nerve simulation can help relieve symptoms of overactive bladder and fecal incontinence.
• Urethral bulking injections: We inject collagen or another synthetic material around the urethra. The injection allows the urethra to close tightly, preventing urine leaks.
• Vaginal pessary: We insert a ring-shaped prosthetic device called a pessary into the vagina. The removable pessary pushes against the urethra to help prevent urinary leaks from stress incontinence.

Conditions we treat

Our women’s health specialists treat:

• Fecal incontinence, or inability to control bowel movements
• Overactive bladder, when the bladder can’t hold urine normally
• Stress incontinence, when sudden movements cause urine leaks
• Urge incontinence, or a sudden urge to urinate
• Urinary retention, or difficulty emptying the bladder