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Clinical
Manifestations
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- Urinary incontinence, the loss of bladder control, is a common and often embarrassing problem. The severity ranges from occasionally leaking urine when coughing or sneezing to having an urge to urinate that's so sudden and strong you don't get to a toilet in time.
Though it occurs more often as people get older, urinary incontinence isn't an inevitable consequence of aging. For most people, simple lifestyle changes or medical treatment can ease discomfort or stop urinary incontinence.
Many people experience occasional, minor leaks of urine. Others may lose small to moderate amounts of urine more frequently.
Types of urinary incontinence include:
- Stress incontinence. Urine leaks when pressure is exerted on the bladder by coughing, sneezing, laughing, exercising or lifting something heavy.
- Urge incontinence. There a sudden, intense urge to urinate followed by an involuntary loss of urine. There may be a need to urinate often, including throughout the night. Urge incontinence may be caused by a minor condition, such as infection, or a more-severe condition such as a neurological disorder or diabetes.
- Overflow incontinence. Frequent or constant dribbling of urine due to a bladder that doesn't empty completely.
- Functional incontinence. A physical or mental impairment prevents making it to the toilet in time.
- Mixed incontinence. More than one type of urinary incontinence.
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| Treatment Principle |
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| Herb Formulas |
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- DU-4, LU-7, LU-9, REN-1, SJ-4, SP-9, ST-36, UB-27, UB-28, UB-67
- Alternate between:
1. REN-3, UB-32, UB-39
2. SP-6, UB-23, UB-33
- DU-2, DU-4, REN-6
- UB-25, UB-32
- UB-33, UB-39, UB-52
- REN-3, SP-6, UB-25
- REN-24
- Moxa or moxa needle:
1. DU-28, LIV-3, LIV-4, REN-3, UB-22, UB-27, UB-67
2. LIV-1, LIV-2, REN-4, REN-6, SP-9
3. GB-34
- Electro-acupuncture: SP-6 to UB-28, or UB-38 to UB-28
- Ear: Bladder, Urethra, Sympathetic, External Genitalia, Kidney, Spleen, Sanjiao
- For urinary incontinence of unknown origin: GB-34, SP-9
- For stress incontinence: DU-4, DU-20, REN-4, UB-33
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