Health News Share Email Print Incontinence: Signs it's time to speak up It's common to feel a little embarrassed to talk to your doctor about bladder control problems. But it's a conversation worth having. Treatment can give you back some control so that you can live life the way you want to. Incontinence: 5 signs it's time for the talk Leaking during the course of a normal day or without warning. A sudden urge to go that comes out of nowhere. Not reaching a bathroom in time when you need to go. Wetting the bed while you sleep. Needing to go eight or more times during the day. Sources: American Academy of Family Physicians; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Don't stay silent. Try these tips to start a conversation with your doctor. Reviewed 4/26/2024 Sources FamilyDoctor.org. "Urinary Incontinence." https://familydoctor.org/condition/urinary-incontinence/. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. "Bladder Control Problems (Urinary Incontinence)." https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/urologic-diseases/bladder-control-problems. Related stories Health information main Health tools go Select a health topic ADHD Aging Alcohol use disorder Allergies Alternative medicine Alzheimer's disease Arthritis Asthma Babies Backs Bladder Bones Brain Breast cancer Cancer Cancer prevention Caregiving Cervical cancer Children and parenting Cholesterol Colds Colorectal cancer Coronavirus Dental care Depression Diabetes Disaster preparedness Down syndrome Ears Eating disorders Emergencies End of life/Palliative care Environmental health Epilepsy Eyes Fall prevention Family and relationships Feet Fitness and exercise Flu Food safety Hair Headache Health assessments Health calculators Healthcare Heart attack Heart health Hepatitis Hernia High blood pressure Hips HIV/AIDS Holiday health Hormones Imaging Incontinence Joints Kidneys Knees Leukemia Liver Lung cancer Lungs Medications Men's health Menopause Mental health Multiple sclerosis Nails Nose Nutrition Obesity Oral cancer Ovaries Pain Parkinson's disease Pets Pneumonia Pregnancy Prostate cancer Rehabilitation Reproductive health Safety School health Sexuality Sexually transmitted infections Skin Skin cancer Sleep Smoking Sports injuries Stomach pain Stress and anxiety Stroke Substance use disorder Summer safety Surgery Teen health Throat Thyroid Travel Vaccines Vascular health Violence Vitamins and supplements Weight management Winter health Women's health Workplace health Wound care i Events CPR Class i Providers Family Medicine Internal Medicine Urology Gastroenterology RSS If you have questions or comments, please contact Randolph Health. Problems reading or opening a page? Legal restrictions and terms of use applicable to this site.