New symptom - Bladder Leakage

Question?  I drove to Florida from ctgot to my sisters place in jacksonville and was sitting on the couch for a while.

I went to the bathroom and noticed that my undies were wet.
Jeans were slightly wet also.

I have had four children and very slightly leak from time to time.
This was clearly an slightw accident.

What concerns me the most was that I was totally unware that it happened until I went to the bathroom.

Is this typical for ms and if so, is there any advice or tips on dealing with this.

Thanks everyone.

[grannyhotwheels]

Yes this is very typical for MS... You should probably go see a Urologist... There are medications that they can give you that will help... Mine got to the severe point I ended up having to have surgery... I now have a urostomy bag... Do you have a lot of bladder infections?  

I had constant infections and had to wear a catheter for over a year... Hopefully medication will treat your problem but do not let it go... The longer you let it go the worse it may be...

I'll be praying,
Carol

[kerrtelli]

Thanks.  I have always had bladder infections since the age of 12.
I don't Hqve them constantly though.  I was on a profilactic (?) medicine for a yer and then became pregnant again and had to go off.

I Hqve to see if it happens again.  I always leak slightly, but this was the biggest up till now.  I Hqve been having ms symptoms since march.  Not diagnosed.

This is new like io said.  

I will see about the urologist.  Thanks for the tip.

Kerri

[Deb61]

Yes, this is typical.  For me, I go through periods of time with the problem and it will go away.  During these times I will have trouble with not urinating very strongly (trickle) and have accidents all in the same day--go figure!  I do have more bladder infections than I used to, but they are a far cry from constant.  Medicine did help.  Be hypervigillent about avoiding infection, too, as you are more likely to have them.  

[jensequitur]

It's why I stopped running - my bladder will leak if I bounce up and down.  I always try to go as much as possible, so I won't have an accident, but it's not always reliable.

[LisaJF]

Yes, you're going to need to see a Gyno/urologist and most likely after having four children, he will say it is anatomical, just as mine said it was.  I had surgery (vaginal mesh) in June of 2011 and unfortunately, it did not work.   After day 2, I was still getting up at night to pee (even though I emptied my bladder before I went to bed) and always upon wakening.  Frequency hadn't changed.  Leakage happened to me as well and it was more disconcerting to have that for I felt if it was anatomical and he "fixed" it, it didn't work.  

I am not diagnosed as you know, but I do know this is common in people who have MS.

I remember when I went to see my MS Specialist in June (prior to surgery), I wet my pants en route to his office.  I had to strip down in the bathroom and blow dry my panties and jeans as best I could before seeing him.  It was a cough that caused that mess.  

I think using a minipad would help ensure dryness and not ruin your clothing if this happens to you.  

Good luck with your urologist.

Lisa