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Stress is the physiological factor  to a powerful pressure -inducing circumstance that is also known as a stressor. These stressors could be an event or situation, which a person may feel, is difficult to cope with. The cause of stress could be different for each person. Stress cannot be common to a set of persons; different people react differently to stress. Thus, the stress causes are different for different people. Ultimately, what we need to do is to come terms with the fact that stress is inevitable; one must face it in order to fight it.

We can see the stress causes scan in the way we live our daily lives. It is rightly said that ‘life acts but you react’. A good reaction to the situations in our life is manifested through the attitude that we carry. Our attitude is a response to what life offers to us. A considerable quantity of stress symptoms can be done away with by the manner in which we relate to the stressors. Stress originates from the brain, is often created by the way we think, and not necessarily, from what has actually happened. For example, handling orphan children, problematic adolescents, career failures, tax matters or sudden financial burden are typical examples of stress producing factors. What we need is a relaxed attitude that focuses on the willingness to face the peculiarities of life with a touch of positivism. An unfavorable may be regarded as a major stress cause.

Some other popular stress causes include major life events like a divorce, death of a loved one, health problems, financial burdens, importunate strain of caring for a continuously sick family member, managing a physically or mentally challenged child etc. These contribute greatly towards a sense of stress in an individual.  Situations and conditions at workplace like delayed promotion or a sudden lay-off from a job can give rise to tremendous levels of stress. These situations are common to everyone; the only difference is the time and the magnitude of its occurrence. Since stress arising out of such situations cannot be wished away; it needs to be controlled by approaching life with a positive spirit.

Stress causes also stem from social and personal contexts as well as from the way a person may react psychologically and emotionally to stressful situations. What decides the accumulation of a general condition of stress is the mental and emotional temperament that we have acquired over a period of many years. It ultimately decides whether we would ‘fight’ or ‘flight’ from a stress-inducing scenario and thus may put us in a feeling of anxiety and unceasing worry. Stress has also been linked to consumption of addictives like alcohol, drugs, smoke etc. Habitual use of such drugs makes a person dependent on them and thus, gives rise to a number of abnormal symptoms. A person who exhibits typical symptoms may feel mentally stressed because of the physical problems that he is suffering from. However, the ultimate cause of stress remains different for each individual.

Stress incontinence is the most general type of urinary disorder. According to a survey, approximately three million people in the UK are constantly incontinent. Overall, it has been found that about 4 in 100 adults experience frequent stress incontinence. Studies show that this physical disorder is more commonly found in women than in men; also, it has been estimated that 1 person in 5, who is over the age of 40 face some type of stress incontinence.  Stress incontinence involves loss of urine when one puts pressure or stress on his or her bladder during several physical activities, like laughing, sneezing, coughing or exercise.

Stress incontinence is a disorder that affects bladder storage and the capacity of the muscles, which help control urination. In such cases, the sphincter muscles are unable to stop urine flow when the stress is increased from the abdomen. The ability to maintain continence and control urine depends on the normal activities of the kidneys, lower urinary tract and the nervous system. Stress incontinence can also occur due to the malfunction of the urethral sphincter. There are many things that can lead to weakened pelvic muscles in a person, such as neurological damage, prior damage to the urethral area, some medicines, or surgery of the pelvic area or prostate.

This physical disorder is often noticed in women who have had many vaginal childbirths and pregnancies, and whose urethra, rectal wall or bladder stick out into the vaginal area. Some of risk factors for stress incontinence involve:

* chronic coughing
* being female
* obesity
* getting older
* smoking
* childbirth

If you or someone from your family is suffering from this disorder, it is advisable to seek immediate treatment for it. If you go to the nearest health care provider, he or she will do a physical checking, including a genital checking in men, a rectal checking, and a pelvic checking in women. Other tests involve measuring the difference in the angle of the urethra when straining or at rest. If there is an angle change of more than 30 degrees, it means there is major weakness of the muscles and tissues, which support the bladder.

Several types of treatments are available for the stress incontinence, but they depend on the harshness of the symptoms as well as how much they deal with a person’s daily life. As basic treatment, your doctor will ask you to stop smoking if you are addicted to it. If you take alcohol or caffeinated beverages like soda, the doctor will also ask you stop taking it. Patients suffering from this problem are often asked to keep a urinary record that will include how many times a patient urinates during the day and night as well as how many times the urinary leakage happens. Some major types of treatments for stress incontinence are surgery, medicines, pelvic floor muscle training and behavioral training.

The behavioral changes include decreasing the quantity of the fluids that a patient drinks during a day. The pelvic muscle training exercises will help control the urine leakage; however medicines are considered to work better with sufferers who have mild stress incontinence.