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• Stress Incontinence: The involuntary loss of urine during periods of increased abdominal pressure (events that put "stress" on the bladder). Such events include laughing, sneezing, coughing or lifting heavy objects.
• Urge Incontinence: The sudden need to urinate and inability to make it to a bathroom before doing so. Also called "overactive bladder."
• Overflow Incontinence: Leakage that occurs when the amount of urine exceeds the bladder's capacity.
• Mixed Incontinence: When more than one type of incontinence is present--often refers to both stress and urge.
• Irritable Bladder: Involuntary contractions of muscles in the bladder, which can cause lack of control of urination.
• Frequency: The need to urinate more often than normal (more than every 2 hours or more than 7 times a day).

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