What do you think is Edith’s Diagnosis? Select one of the options below.
Q. What do you think is Edith’s Diagnosis?
Urgency Urinary Incontinence – True – urge urinary incontinence is ‘The complaint of involuntary leakage accompanied by or immediately preceded by urgency’. It is usually unpredictable and may involve release of a large quantity of urine in a gushing stream.
Stress Urinary Incontinence – False – this is not stress leakage. Stress urinary incontinence is predictable and controlled. The person anticipates when she will experience leakage. This is usually in small amounts. For example on coughing, laughing or sneezing.
Mixed Urinary Incontinence – False – because Edith’s symptoms are urgency not symptoms of SUI e.g. leaking on coughing or laughing.
Urinary Retention problems – False – this is not retention because the results of the bladder scan suggest that Edith is effectively emptying her bladder.
Page last reviewed: 31 Jan 2022
