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Article: Embarrassing health questions: we asked doctors for the scoop on some of the baffling (and mortifying) things your body does.(Health Check)
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- Cosmopolitan
- Article date:
- September 1, 2004
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* Period problems, icky odors, bathroom-related changes--these are issues you don't want to ask your doctor about because they're just so humiliating to discuss. But it's hard not to worry over whether your strange symptom is something serious. We asked physicians to answer questions you told us you're too bashful to bring up.
When I laugh really hard, I pee a little. Is this a bad sign?
Don't stress--you won't need adult diapers any time soon, as long as you take measures to stop those leaks. Your situation isn't totally unusual, since research has found that 12 percent of women ages 18 to 30 have mild stress incontinence, which means they sometimes ...