Impaired sphincter control in the dyspnoeic.
6 case-histories illustrate how altered control of micturition is an occasional accompaniment of dyspnoea in patients aged over 50. Recognition of this problem can be a step towards understanding the great disability of some dyspnoeic patients.
D000368:Aged; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications; D001987:Bronchiectasis / Q000150:complications; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000150:complications; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D005082:Physical Exertion / Q000502:physiology; D011009:Pneumoconiosis / Q000150:complications; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000150:complications; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000209:etiology*