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Data from L. Viktrup and colleagues advance knowledge in incontinence.

Women's Health Weekly

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According to a study from the United States, "We estimated the incidence and remission of lower urinary tract symptoms during the 12 years following the first pregnancy and delivery. In a cohort study 242 primiparae were questioned about lower urinary tract symptoms 3 months, 5 years and 12 years after the first delivery."

"From 3 months to 5 years after first delivery the incidence of stress urinary incontinence, urge urinary incontinence, urgency, diurnal frequency and nocturia was 56 of 213 cases (26.3%), 33 of 219 (15.1%), 33 of 206 (16.0%), 49 of 219 (22.4%) and 6 of 225 (2.7%), respectively. Remission of stress urinary incontinence, urge urinary incontinence, urgency, diurnal frequency and nocturia during the same period occurred in 1 of 11 cases (9.1%), 2 of 5 (40%), 2 of 5 (40%), 4 of 7 (57.1%) and I of 1 (100%), respectively. From 5 to 12 years after the first delivery the incidence of stress urinary incontinence, urge urinary incontinence, urgency, diurnal frequency and nocturia was 40 of 158 cases (25.3%), 25 of 188 (13.3%), 24 of 175 (13.7%), 40 of 174 (23.0%) and 13 of 220 (5.9%), respectively. Remission of stress urinary incontinence, urge urinary incontinence, urgency, diurnal frequency and nocturia during the same period occurred in 14 of 66 cases (21.2%), 13 of 36 (36.1%), 22 of 36 (61.1%), 14 of 52 (26.9%) and 4 of 6 (66.7%), respectively. Of 62 women with pure stress urinary incontinence during the first pregnancy and puerperium 20 (32.2%) had pure stress urinary incontinence, 3 (4.8%) had pure urge urinary incontinence and 15 (24.2%) had mixed urinary incontinence 12 years later. Of 13 women with pure urge ...

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