Each type of incontinence requires specific treatment approaches. Your healthcare advisor will assess your condition and help you decide what treatment and management options are right for you.

Diet and exercise

Some people find that their diet has an effect on their toilet habits. Getting advice from a dietitian on what might to affect your bowel can be helpful.

If you have muscle weakness, exercises will be recommended by your healthcare team. These will strengthen your pelvic floor muscles and your anal sphincter muscles.

It’s quite common for people to be unaware of the muscles of the pelvic floor. There are a variety of methods to help you raise your sensitivity to these muscles, such as mild electrical stimulation.

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Biofeedback

Biofeedback is a technique used when exercising that measures your muscle contractions as you do them.

Mild electrical stimulation is sometimes used to complement and enhance these exercises.

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Behavioural therapy

You might also benefit from behavioural therapy, which can mean adapting to a particular regimen to help you attain predictability in your bowel habits.

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Medicines

Medicines can help relieve some symptoms and increase muscle tone. They might be recommended to you to complement your other treatment options.

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Nerves

Electrical stimulation of the nerves that pass through the lower back can help control muscle reactions, reflexes and sensations. It is called sacral neuromodulation. It is also effective for dual incontinence.

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Surgery

Surgical options are available to those who need them. For instance, those people who have tried other therapies that haven't worked or are poorly tolerated.

Surgery can also fix or alleviate muscular damage or slippages in the structures or organs in your pelvic and bladder area. Your doctor will tell you about surgery if you need it.

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Continence aids

There are many continence products available. Designs and materials as well as product choice and performance have improved in recent years. These products aid skin care, leakage management and other aspects of continence care.

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