Sui is a common problem affecting women which is caused by a weakness of the pelvic floor muscles which help keep the bladder closed the urethra the tube through which urine is passed or the ligaments that support the urethra.
Does urethra go through pelvic floor.
Exercises that strengthen the pelvic floor muscles can help hold urine inside the bladder preventing leakage.
It extends downward through the muscular area of the pelvic floor.
The urethra vagina and anus.
It opens onto the perineum after passing through the sphincter muscle.
The pelvic floor has holes for passages to pass through.
Before reaching the urethral opening urine passes through the urethral sphincter.
The bladder muscle should be relaxed and the muscles around the urethra the tube that urine passes through called the pelvic floor muscles should be tight.
In women there are three passages.
This leads to leaking urine with coughing sneezing exertion laughing and other activities which raise the.
This is a muscular structure in the urethra.
The muscles of the pelvic floor normally wrap firmly around these passages.
The pelvic floor plays a number of vital roles in women s everyday health and wellbeing.
It starts at the bladder and runs through the pelvic floor.
The female urethra is a bit more straightforward as it has less distance to cover.
We ll go over the symptoms and causes of this condition.