What can I do if I can't make it to the bathroom in time to urinate?

What can I do if I can't make it to the bathroom in time to urinate?

Jennifer Anger, M.D, M.P.H. (Assistant Professor) gives expert video advice on: What can I do if I can't make it to the bathroom in time to urinate?; What can I do if I lose control of my bladder when I sneeze, cough or laugh?; What can I do if I lose control of my bladder when I lift weights? and more...

There are a lot of conservative measures that can really improve urging incontinence. I see lot of patients that come to see me and I ask some do they drink lot of water and most a time they say, “I try”. What I have to teach patients is to let go of that idea that you need to drink a lot of water. For the patients who leak on the way to the toilet, we have to through away that, six to eight glasses of water a day. Patients who pee a lot, leak a lot and the big recommendation I make for patients with urging incontinence is to cut back on their fluids. I recommend only four eight ounce glasses a day or around a leader of fluid intake and that include all liquids. Often caffeine, can be an irritant and so we recommend moderate caffeine use. I do not advocate quitting caffeine because if someone told me that I'd be pretty upset, but moderate caffeine use. In addition to that, Kegel exercises which are pelvic floor exercises can help delay the leak or give a patient a little more time to go to the bathroom.