What is 'urge incontinence'?

What is 'urge incontinence'?

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...

Urge incontinence occurs when someone gets an urge and leaks on the way to the toilet. It's part of a spectrum of what we call overactive bladder. It includes urinary frequency, meaning "I have to go all the time," urgency which means "I've got to go now" and leakage on the way to the bathroom, where if a person doesn't make it to the toilet they leak with urge. That's called urge incontinence.