NY Urogynecology

Urge incontinence is leakage of urine that occurs due to the involuntary contraction of your bladder.  This can commonly occur when you first wake up in the morning, it can occur when you get home and put your key in the front door (”key-door phenomenon”),  while doing dishes (as the water hits your hands), or almost any other time.  It is usually characterized by larger volume leakages and more socially devastating situations than is typically seen with stress incotinence (which is usually a much lower volume leak, for example a tablespoon squirt happening during a cough).