Home care for urinary incontinence includes:
- Stop smoking
- Avoid exposure to secondary smoke
- Avoid nonprescription cold medicines.
- Avoid nonprescription decongestant medicines.
- Avoid nonprescription allergy medicines:
- Avoid sedative medications:
- Take prescribed medications as directed.
- Concentrate on holding your urine before you sneeze, cough, laugh, stand up, or lift something heavy.
- Avoid urinating until you feel the urge to urinate.
- Empty your bladder completely.
- Do not rush:
- Take time to empty your bladder completely
- Empty your bladder before you start on a trip of an hour or more.
- Wear clothes that are easy to remove when it is time to use the toilet.
- Lose weight if you are overweight.
- Women should wipe from front to back:
- This lowers the risk of urinary infections.
