Incontinence is the inability to control excretory function.  The term is generally used in reference to the inability to control normal bladder or rectal function, leading to urinary or fecal incontinence respectively.  By comparison, urinary incontinence is more variable in its clinical presentation, and as a result, is classified according to its dominant features as either stress, urge, mixed, neurogenic or continuous incontinence.  Of these types of urinary incontinence, stress incontinence is the most common, and depending upon the age of the individual occurs in approximately 15-45% of women but only 1.5-5% of men.  Continue reading… Incontinence – Loss of Bladder or Bowel Control