I’m Over 60—is Urinary Incontinence Normal?
I'm Over 60—is Urinary Incontinence Normal? When you’re pregnant and experience urinary leaking, the cause is obvious, and you figure that everything concerning your health will go back to normal once the baby is out and no longer pressing on your bladder. Typically, that’s exactly what happens. But years later urinary incontinence (UI) can show up again—and this time there’s no baby to blame. You don’t want to stop drinking water or resort to wearing Depends. So what should you do? Although men and women of any age can experience urinary incontinence, reports show the highest incidence of UI occurring in women over 60. The University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences estimates that three times as many women as men experience urinary incontinence and that only 1 in…