‧What is urinary incontinence？
Urinary incontinence refers to the leakage of urine from the urethra under incontinent situations. There are four types according to the seriousness of the urinary incontinence.
- Stress urinary incontinence：Urine will leak out when coughing, sneezing or lifting heavy things.
- Emergency urinary incontinence: When patients feel like to fee, they can’t hold it and it will leak before going to the toilet.
- Overflow urinary incontinence: Urine can’t be exhausted out fully. There is always remained urine to leak all the time.
- Complete urinary incontinence: It will have leakage even under a static situation.
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‧What causes urinary incontinence?
There are about 3 reasons which cause urinary incontinence:
- The disorder of the urinary system such as urinary tract infection, aging of the function of urinary muscles which reduce the resistance of sphincter.
- Procreation or diseases for females such as multi-procreation, damage of the birth canal and the vagina after procreation, removal of the womb, unstable urinary muscles caused by aging, etc.
- Diseases of anatomy such as spinal injuries, diabetes caused by neural diseases, benign prostatic hypertrophy, etc.
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‧How to help yourself, and live up your life again?
We can work on it both psychologically and physiologically.
- Psychologically
1. Stress urinary incontinence：Urine will leak out when coughing, sneezing or lifting heavy things.
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Emergency urinary incontinence: When patients feel like to fee, they can’t hold it and it will leak before going to the toilet.
3.
Overflow urinary incontinence: Urine can’t be exhausted out fully. There is always remained urine to leak all the time.
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Complete urinary incontinence: It will have leakage even under a static situation.
- Physiology
1.Stress urinary incontinence：Urine will leak out when coughing, sneezing or lifting heavy things.
2.
Emergency urinary incontinence: When patients feel like to fee, they can’t hold it and it will leak before going to the toilet.
3.
Overflow urinary incontinence: Urine can’t be exhausted out fully. There is always remained urine to leak all the time.
4.
Complete urinary incontinence: It will have leakage even under a static situation.
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‧What are the steps of Kegel exercises?
- When standing or sitting on the chair, push the bottom belly heavily and do anus contraction (and release motions)for 3~5 times, and then relax slowly. Repeat 5 times.
- And then with a rapid rhythm, push the bottom tummy heavily, and release repeatedly for 5 times. You can increase to 20 times after getting used to it. Do it utilizing all kinds of situations such as when you are watching TV, reading news papers, and the interval during conversations. Persevere in doing it and you can say goodbye to urinary incontinence and show your confidence and happy face again!
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‧How to distinguish urinary incontinence goods?
Goods with absorbable quantity within 200cc is called light degree urinary incontinence goods; 200-400cc is mild urinary incontinence goods and more than 400cc is severe urinary incontinence goods. We believe you already have an initial understanding of urinary incontinence. With healthy caring and correct concepts, you can also live a normal and care free life as general people!!
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‧What are ulcers?
Ulcers….are a symptom of necrosis caused by keeping the same posture for a long time which presses skin or subcutaneous tissues and results in bad blood circulation when body resistance is week.
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‧What are the common reasons of ulcers?
- Pressure—it usually happens on patients who are paralyzed or too weak to move by themselves.
- Friction--Friction caused by clothes and sheets in long time lying in bed.
- Moist and uncleanness—diapers are not breathable and often wet without frequent change. Bed quilts and sheets are polluted by sweat and fallen food, etc. so that cause skin infection.
- Bad nutrition--Insufficient nutrition, unbalanced diets. Protein, vitamins, and mineral substances, etc. should be taken evenly and can not be ignored; otherwise ulcers will be easily caused when skin resistance is weakened.
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‧How to help yourself, and live up your life again?
What are the three phases of ulcers and prevention?
- Phase one
The initial symptoms can not be neglected. When you take a shower, check your body in detail. If part of your body skin is red but doesn’t have complete damage, pay attention whether there is any ulcer being pressed under your body or not.
◎urn the body over frequently (it is better to change postures every two hours)
◎Keep it clean and dry around ulcers. Frequent massage can restrict the continuous deterioration of red skin.
- Phase two
Damages of outer skin or inner skin: When pains, skin damages, blains or pyogenesis, etc. happen, be careful of infections and not to break blains. If blains are broken or become pyogenesis, use normal saline to wash the wounds, and then clean the wounds from inner to the outer with povidone cotton before applying breathable bandages on it or spray painless protection cover to reduce surface friction. You can also use hydrophilic dressings. For ulcer dressings, need to pay attention to the replacement time to keep dressings clean and dry to prevent infection.
- Phase three
Ulcer phase: The wounds are as deep as subcutaneous tissues with irregular deep concaves and necrosis with yellow leachate. It is a serious extensive skin destruction. The wounds are deep into subcutaneous tissues, fascia, muscles or bones. The shape of wounds is either like a crater or covered by black scabs. There might be tubes growing of necrosis, leachate and infection. Besides the infection control, complete cleanness helps to remove germs and rotten skin for this kind of wounds, and they need to be processed with the cleaning treatment to help wounds to heal over.
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‧How to prevent the deterioration of ulcers?
In the past, ulcers were a disease which could not be cured. However, in order to prevent the deterioration nowadays, there have been invented all kinds of devices to prevent it as follows:
- It was caused by disorder of the urinary system such as urinary tract infection, function aging of urinary muscles which reduce the resistance of sphincter.
- Massage the pressed parts of body to have a blood circulation which is very important.
- Keep skin clean and dry. Change diapers often to prevent infections caused by wet diapers.
- Observe everyday for the symptoms such as body fever which will cause ulcers. Consult with doctors or nursing staff as early as possible (for uses such as antiseptics and painless protection films.)
- Improve body health. Give the patient balanced food with high nutrients.
◎For ulcers, they will deteriorate immediately when you are not carefully taking care of it. Therefore, in order to prevent any regrets caused by any temporary negligence, please pay attention to early precaution and treatment.
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