Discreet Adult Care Info

Detrol Oral is a medication that’s used to treat an overactive bladder by relaxing the muscles in the bladder. This medicine can also improve the ability to control urine urgency and frequent trips to the bathroom It also reduces urine leakage. Detrol belongs to a class of drugs known as antispasmodics.
This medicine is taken orally with or without food twice a day.

Stress incontinence is one of several disorders in which urine is unintentionally lost. It is much more common among women than men, and it can result in profound embarrassment if left untreated. Despite the connotations associated with its name, stress incontinence has nothing at all to do with psychological stress. Unfortunately, this condition can convince people that they should not risk being put into social situations.

Staying at home all the time and worrying about embarrassment? That doesn’t sound like any way to live. The Mayo Clinic recommends that sufferers make a list of their personal stress incontinence triggers – whether they be a cough, sneeze, laughter, standing up, physical exertion, etc. – and bring it to a doctor. While surgical options are available, a pair of adult diapers can be an effective short-term solution.

Oral Bentyl is a medication prescribed by a physician when a person has irritable bowel syndrome and other treatments such as anxiety or diet change hasn’t worked.
This medication is taken orally, usually 4 times a day depending upon your age, medial condition and response to the medication. This medicine is not to be taken with an antacid because the antacid will interfere with how your body absorbs the drug. Until treated, people can maintain irritable bowel syndrome by wearing adult diapers.

Over active bladder, inadequate control of sphincter muscles and urine retention are three different kinds of bladder problems that can be caused by nerve damage.
In cases of overactive bladder, the damaged nerves can send signals at the wrong time causing the muscles to squeeze resulting in urine coming out. The symptoms of over active bladder are urinary frequency. Urinary urgency and urge incontinence. Urinary frequency is when a person urinates eight or more times a day or two or more times a night. Urinary urgency is the sudden, strong urge to urinate immediately. Urge Incontinence is when urine leaks after a sudden, strong urge to urinate (after urinary urgency)
The sphincter muscles that surround the urethra hold urine in the bladder by keeping it closed. When there’s nerve damage the sphincter muscles don’t work correctly and can cause urine to leak form the bladder.
Urine retention is when the bladder muscles don’t get the message from the nerves to release urine. If the bladder becomes full and is not emptied it can back up into the kidneys causing damage to the kidneys or it can cause an infection to the kidneys or bladder.

Some of the treatments for fecal incontinence are dietary changes, mediation, bowel training through exercises and surgery.
Dietary changes were discussed in yesterday’s blog. Medication can help with some fecal incontinence. Some physicians like a patient to use bulk laxatives to help develop a more regular bowel movement. Anti diarrheal medication such as, loperamine or diphenoxylate can be prescribed to slow down the bowel movements.
Bowel Training helps people to learn to control their bowels by strengthening and coordinating the muscles by performing Kegel exercises. Kegel exercises use the muscles in the pelvic floor including the muscles that control the stool. Biofeedback through a computer lets a person determine if they are doing the exercises correctly and if the muscles are getting stronger. Also some people train their bowels by going at specific times a day.
Surgery can be performed on people who have had an injury to the pelvic floor, anal canal or sphincter. Various procedures can be done, from simple ones like repairing damaged areas, to complex ones like attaching an artificial anal sphincter or replacing anal muscle with muscle from the leg or forearm. People who have severe fecal incontinence that doesn’t respond to other treatments may decide to have a colostomy, which involves removing a portion of the bowel. The remaining part is then either attached to the anus if it still works properly, or to a hole in the abdomen called a stoma, through which stool leaves the body and is collected in a pouch.

There can be several treatments for fecal incontinence depending upon the cause and severity of the incontinence including monitoring the types of foods and drinks you put into your body.
Food affects the consistency of stool and how fast it moves through the digestive tract.
Some people find that eating fiber foods makes their stool less watery and easier to control, while others claim high fiber foods acts as a laxative.
Food or drinks containing caffeine such as some sodas, coffee and chocolate can contribute to the problem by relaxing the sphincter muscles.
You may be able to manage fecal incontinence by changing what and how you eat.Foods that typically cause diarrhea, and so should probably be avoided, include caffeine, cured or smoked meat like sausage, ham, or turkey, spicy foods, alcohol, dairy products like milk, cheese, and ice cream, fruits like apples, peaches, or pears, fatty and greasy foods
sweeteners, like sorbitol, xylitol, mannitol, and fructose, which are found in diet drinks, sugarless gum and candy, chocolate, and fruit juices.
Eating smaller meals can help with fecal incontinence. For some people eating large quantities of food at one sitting can cause the bowel to contract leading to diarrhea.
Liquid helps move food through the digestive tract, therefore if you want to slow your digestive process down, don’t drink any fluids with your meal. Wait about an hour after you eat and than have a drink.

Eat foods that make stool bulkier. Foods that contain soluble, or digestible, fiber slow the emptying of the bowels. Examples are bananas, rice, tapioca, bread, potatoes, applesauce, cheese, smooth peanut butter, yogurt, pasta, and oatmeal.

The doctor will require a physical and inquire about your medial history. Some of the diagnostic tests that can be performed for fecal incontinence are: Anorectal ultra sonography, Anal manometry Proctography, Proctosigmoidoscopy and Anal electromyography.
An Anorectal Ultra Sound evaluates the structure of the sphincters to determine if there’s an abnormality.
An Anal Manometry is a test that verifies the tightness of the sphincters and its ability to respond to signals. This also checks the function and sensitivity of the rectum.
Protography or defecography is a test that illustrates how much stool the rectum can hold, how well it can hold the stool and how well it can evacuate the stool.Proctosigmoidoscopy permits a physician look inside the rectum for disease, inflammation, scar tissue or tumors.
Anal electromyography will test for nerve damage caused by obstetric injury.

The most common cause of fecal incontinence is constipation. When a person is constipated the stool becomes hard and wedged in the rectum. Watery stool can then leak around the lodged fecal matter. Constipation can also stretch and weaken the rectum muscles resulting in a person being unable to hold their stool long enough to make it to the bathroom.
Damage to the anal sphincters, ring like muscles at the end of the rectum that keeps the stool inside, can cause fecal incontinence. Giving birth can damage the sphincters if the doctor using forceps or if they have to cut the vagina to delivery the baby. Surgery for hemorrhoids can also damage the sphincter muscles.
Nerve Damage to the nerves that control the anal sphincter or the nerves that sense stool in the rectum can cause fecal incontinence. Nerve damage can be attributed to child birth, straining to pass stool, stroke, and diseases such as diabetes or multiple sclerosis.
Rectal surgery, radiation and inflammatory bowel disease can scar the walls of the rectum resulting in less room to store stool.
Abnormalities of the pelvic floor such as decreased perception of rectal sensation, decreased anal canal pressures, decreased squeeze pressure of the anal canal, impaired anal sensation, a dropping down of the rectum (rectal prolapse), and protrusion of the rectum through the vagina can cause fecal incontinence.
People can manage their fecal incontinence by wearing adult diapers until they can discuss a treatment with their doctor.

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Some of the advantages of Reusable incontinence products; they are about 50% cheaper than disposable incontinence products, there presumed to be more stylish and there more environmentally friendly. The advantage of disposable incontinence products; they can be bought at a discount when bought in bulk, there much more convenient to use, they have a full range of absorbencies and sizes, they don’t require a washer and dryer, The disposables can also be easier to use when a person is severely disabled.There are some studies that suggest that some reusable incontinence products are the same as using 100 disposable incontinent products of the same type and absorbency. Regardless of what which type of incontinent product you decide to use, there’s always going to be some advantages and disadvantages.

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