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This section is dedicated to those managing continence and to support people taking care of those that manage their continence.

Read articles about incontinence and how to manage it day-to-day.

Continence Management

Lifestyle tips; diet, routine and exercise

If you’ve been diagnosed with urinary incontinence, there is a lot you can do yourself to control or reduce your level of incontinence. Find out more.

Continence Management

Leading an active life with urinary incontinence

As urinary incontinence symptoms can be unpredictable and embarrassing, it can be hard for sufferers to lead an active life. But that doesn’t need to be the case. Discover self-help techniques and discrete products that could help patients manage their condition.

Continence Management

Loss of bladder control – understanding urinary incontinence

A young woman and an old man are walking together in a park.

Bladder control weakness affects men and women of all ages. Caused mainly by muscle weakness, there are many different forms of the condition including stress incontinence - which predominantly affects women – and overflow incontinence, which is particularly common among elderly men.

Continence Management

Travelling with incontinence

An adult woman is standing outside with her mother; both are smiling happily.

A diagnosis of continence doesn’t automatically mean an end to travelling. With a bit of preparation, a carefully thought through plan and a few useful hints and tips, sufferers can continue to be independent and carry on enjoying a mobile life.

Continence Management

Types of Incontinence

Urinary incontinence is a loss of bladder control and can affect anyone at any stage of life.