Patient was educated on stress incontinence as follows:

1. Pelvic floor muscles and sphincter muscles of urethra control the act of urination. These are muscles under voluntary control.
2. Upon contraction, these muscles help with preventing leakage of urine. Relaxation of these muscles help initiating urination.
3. Stress incontinence is secondary to weakened pelvic floor muscles and the sphincter muscles of urethra, thus compromising the voluntary control on act of urination.
4. So, any pressure on the urinary bladder with some urine in it, can result in unintentional leakage and involuntary loss of urine, which can be embarrassing at times.
5. Simple activities, such as, sneezing, bending over, lifting weight, and laughing hard, in patients with weakened pelvic floor muscles, can increase pressure on the urinary bladder and result in episodes of incontinence.