Type | Definitions |
Urinary incontinence | - Leakage with exertion, sneezing, or coughing
- Mixed incontinence
- Occurs with any stimulus above
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Overactive bladder | - Urinary urgency, frequency, and nocturia
- Can occur with or without incontinence
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Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) | - Nonspecific term describing any symptoms due to storing or voiding urine
- Occurs mainly in men
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Urinary retention | - Acute retention more common in men
- Chronic retention can occur in men and women
- Inability to pass urine
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