Symptoms

Incontinence Symptoms

The involuntary loss of urine

Diagnosis includes a detailed history and physical including onset of symptoms and severity.

Your doctor may also choose to evaluate your urethra with a variety of office tests including:

• Post-void residual volume: determining how well you empty your bladder •

• Urinary flow rate: strength of urinary stream •

• Retrograde urethrogram: x-ray performed while instilling dye into urethra •

• Cystoscopy: looking into urethra and bladder with a small telescope •

• Urodynamics: An in-office study, to evaluate the functionality of the bladder •