Seeking prompt medical assistance is the first step towards relief from and handling the symptoms of urinary incontinence. You can seek medical assistance if one of the following symptoms manifests:

• You experience slight urine leakage when you laugh, cough, work out or make sudden movements.
• When you feel constant pressure in the vagina or the lower belly, resulting in going to the bathroom often or slight urine leakage.
• When you feel the urge to urinate often or you suddenly feel an urgent need to urinate, possibly with urine leakage before you reach the bathroom.
• If urination is difficult or painful.
• If you suffer from frequent bladder infections which result in slight leakage.
• If you notice leakage of urine following surgery.