Incontinence

UK sources of information and / or support

 The leaflets section of Patient UK

Includes leaflets called:

• Urinary Incontinence
• Stress Incontinence in Women
• Urge Incontinence

 Continence Foundation

Provides information on incontinence to the public and education to professionals.

 Incontact

UK organisation for people affected by bowel and bladder problems, and their carers.

 Urinary incontinence

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Urinary incontinence.

 Faecal incontinence

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Faecal Incontinence.

 Incontinence

A patient guide to complement the SIGN national guideline for health professionals.

 Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Their website has a section aimed at the general public. All the information on this section comes from up-to-date and carefully-checked guidance for doctors, but it's been written in a way that makes it clearer for the non-medical person. Includes a leaflet on surgery for stress incontinence.

 Addenbrooke's Hospital: Patient Information Library

Includes information about urinary incontinence.

 Women's Health Concern

Women's Health Concern is a charitable organisation which aims to help educate and support women with their healthcare by providing unbiased, accurate information. Contains factsheets on common gynaelcological health issues, including incontinence.

 Maintaining Bowel Control

A leaflet about faecal incontinence from CORE.

 Bowel Control

Aims to give you information about possible causes and treatments for faecal incontinence, and some ideas on practical self-help measures. Content from St Marks Hospital.

 Lady System (Pelvic Floor Exercise Therapy)

Information about stress incontinence, pelvic floor exercises and sells devices to aid the strengthening of pelvic floor muscles.

 Win Health Ltd

Specialise in the development and manufacture of innovative re-usable incontinence products such as absorbent incontinence bed pads and chair pads, waterproof bedding protectors and waterproof blanket and pillows.

 Mobilis Educator

Offers the Pelvic Floor Educator to help women develop a strong and healthy pelvic floor which can help to treat and prevent stress incontinence.

 Kegelmaster Europe

The Kegelmaster is an innovative device which aims to help women with incontinence to strengthen weakened pelvic floor muscles.

 Athena Feminine Technology

The Athena Pelvic Muscle Exerciser is designed to ensure that pelvicfloor exercises are carried out correctly, on the right muscles inexactly the right place. Pelvic floor muscle exercises have been wellrecognized as a treatment for urinary incontinence.

 SnugNights

Manufacture a range of waterproof mattress protectors.

 Milton

Incontinence products and advice for men and women.

 Dryforlife.co.uk

Provides discreet advice and a range of incontinence products.

 Allanda

Their website offers specialist advice and information on incontinence and bladder weakness to help you manage your condition effectively. They also offer a comprehensive range of incontinence pad and pant products including the full Tena range as well a large variety of incontience bedding and hygiene accessories.

 Stimulated graciloplasty for faecal incontinence

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Stimulated graciloplasty for faecal incontinence.

 Insertion of biological slings for stress urinary incontinence

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Insertion of biological slings for stress urinary incontinence.

 Insertion of extraurethral (non-circumferential) retropubic adjustable compression devices for stress urinary incontinence in women

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Insertion of extraurethral (non-circumferential) retropubic adjustable compression devices for stress urinary incontinence in women.

 Intramural urethral bulking procedures for stress urinary incontinence

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Intramural urethral bulking procedures for stress urinary incontinence.

 Sacral nerve stimulation for faecal incontinence

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Sacral nerve stimulation for faecal incontinence.

 Injectable bulking agents for faecal incontinence

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Injectable bulking agents for faecal incontinence.

 Insertion of extraurethral (non-circumferential) retropubic adjustable compression devices for stress urinary incontinence in men

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Insertion of extraurethral (non-circumferential) retropubic adjustable compression devices for stress urinary incontinence in men

 Artificial anal sphincter implantation

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Artificial anal sphincter implantation.

 Sacral nerve stimulation for urge incontinence and urgency-frequency

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Sacral nerve stimulation for urge incontinence and urgency-frequency.

  Suburethral synthetic sling insertion for stress urinary incontinence in men

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Suburethral synthetic sling insertion for stress urinary incontinence in men .

Further sources / more detailed information

Some non-UK sites

The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.

• Non-UK disease / illness sites
• Non-UK self-help / support group sites

More detailed medical information

The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.

• PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
• Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
• Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, Prodigy, etc.
• Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
• Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
• Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.