Sharing bladder or bowel health information?

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It's a rare day when we people tell us their family has a known history of bladder and bowel concerns. So often, a struggle with overactive bladder is considered a rite of passage with childbirth, or an enlarged prostate is chocked up to older age. Did anyone in your family share their experiences with bladder or bowel health concerns?

 

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I am incontinent because of a genetic disease. It is a dominant trait, so two of my siblings also have it; however, the incontinence side of it has never come up in conversation.