urinary incontinence
uncontrolled leakage of urine
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds
0 sources
Summary
urinary incontinence is a disease[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,119 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: symptom or sign[3]
- Subclass of: impairment of continence[4], urination disorder[5], urological symptom[6]
- Commons category: Urinary incontinence[7]
- ICPC 2 ID: U04[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Urinary incontinence[9]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[10]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C78497[11]
- Health specialty: urology[12]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: flavoxate[13], tolterodine[14], phenoxybenzamine[15], (RS)-oxybutynin[16], midodrine[17]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0000020[18], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/SYMP_0000492[19]
Why It Matters
urinary incontinence has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]