Urinary Incontinence: Keeping a Daily Record
Urinary Incontinence: Keeping a Daily RecordSkip to the navigationTopic OverviewKeep a daily diary of all liquids taken in and all urine released,
whether voluntary or involuntary. Your health professional may also call this a
voiding log, bladder record, frequency-volume chart, incontinence chart, or
voiding diary. The diary is usually kept for 3 to 4 days. Record in your diary: - The time and amount of each
urination.
- The conditions under which urine release occurred, such
as voluntary urination in the toilet, involuntary urine release, or leakage due
to sneezing, laughing, or physical exertion.
- The amounts and types
of all liquids consumed. This includes frozen liquid items such as ice cream
and frozen fruit juice bars.
- Whether the liquid consumed contained
caffeine (if your health professional instructs you to specify this
information).
Why It Is DoneA diary is sometimes requested before you see a doctor about
urinary incontinence. You may be asked to keep a voiding log when: - You experience the involuntary release of
urine.
- No cause for the incontinence is discovered in the medical
history and physical exam.
- You are not sure of the frequency
and amount of urine leakage.
ResultsA diary may identify the cause of your incontinence. - If urine leakage occurs at the same time each
day, several hours after taking a prescription drug, the drug may be having a
diuretic effect.
- If urine leakage occurs
only during exercise or after sneezing, laughing, coughing, or similar actions,
this points to stress incontinence.
See a
sample diary(What is a PDF document?). CreditsByHealthwise Staff Primary Medical ReviewerE. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine Specialist Medical ReviewerAvery L. Seifert, MD - Urology Current as of:
May 5, 2017 Last modified on: 8 September 2017
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