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INCONTINENCE URINE [3 records]

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Record 1 2017-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urinary Tract
  • Nervous System
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

Involuntary urination.

Key term(s)
  • urinary incontinency
  • incontinence of urine
  • incontinency of urine
  • bladder incontinency
  • incontinency

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil urinaire
  • Système nerveux
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Émission involontaire et inconsciente d'urine.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vías urinarias
  • Sistema nervioso
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
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Record 2 2015-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urinary Tract
  • Human Diseases
CONT

Hyperactive or overactive bladder... causes sudden and frequent urges to void your bladder even if there is virtually no urine ready to be voided. Urges can occur hourly or sometimes more frequently, which can negatively impact people's sleep patterns, social lives and work schedules. Sometimes, a hyperactive bladder doesn’t cause a dramatic urge, but unwanted urine leakage or incontinence will occur.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil urinaire
  • Maladies humaines
CONT

L'incontinence impérieuse est la perte involontaire d'urine [...] Elle fait souvent partie d'un spectre de symptômes communément appelés «vessie hyperactive», qui consiste en une fréquence urinaire augmentée (au-delà de sept mictions par jour), d'une envie pressante de se rendre aux toilettes. [Ces symptômes] s'accompagnent parfois de fuites d'urine associées et de nycturie (plus d'une fois par nuit).

CONT

La vessie hyperactive est causée par les contractions involontaires du muscle détrusor, qui se trouve dans la paroi de la vessie.

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Urinary Tract
DEF

A leakage of urine as a result of coughing, straining, or some sudden voluntary movement, due to incompetence of the sphincteric mechanisms.

CONT

Urinary stress incontinence occurs when the urethral sphincter or pelvic muscle cannot adequately support the bladder. This allows the bladder to slip down into the pelvic cavity and place pressure on the urethra, the duct that carries urine from the bladder to outside the body. As a result, body movements, such as exercising, coughing or sneezing, can place additional pressure on the bladder causing it to leak. Although it can affect anyone, it is a common condition among women who have gone through childbirth or menopause.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil urinaire
DEF

Perte d'urines involontaire et intermittente à travers un urètre intact lors de certaines conditions créant une hyperpression abdominale soudaine.

OBS

Le terme «incontinence urinaire d'effort» a été privilégié par le Comité de sémiologie médicale.

Spanish

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