The elderly and care for urinary incontinence

For some reason the bladder can not remain bound by the normal function, who could not help but to outflow of urine, called urinary incontinence.

Clinical caused many causes of urinary incontinence, urinary incontinence and the elderly often caused by the following reasons:

Stress incontinence: This is because the elderly age of growth, nerve and endocrine function decline, the ability to control urine excretion of the poor, once the spirit of tension, forced cough, sneeze, laugh, weightlifting, such as a sudden increase of intra-abdominal pressure, coupled with Urethral sphincter relaxation, who could not help but urine may be discharged from the urethra.

True incontinence: As detrusor continuing tension increased over urethral sphincter and urethra relax, and urine from the bladder out of control. For example, urethritis and bladder disease, bladder stones, bladder cancer, and so stimulate the bladder, so that detrusor sustained increase in tension, increased pressure within the bladder, urine from the bladder out of control, serious urine Lin Li.

False incontinence: As the lower urinary tract or detrusor weakness, cause urinary retention, leading to expansion of overactive bladder, increased pressure within the bladder, urine forced out, also known as the "overflow" incontinence. If urethral stricture, such as benign prostatic hyperplasia or tumors caused by.

If the elderly incontinence, should be approaching hospital, to identify causes and symptomatic treatment. Such as stress incontinence, can strengthen urethral sphincter and pelvic muscles of the exercise; sit-in at a reduction of the anal action, a significant portion of patients will get better after an illness. Avoid abdominal pressure increased obesity should be appropriate diet, weight loss infirm should be increased nutrition and physical activity, strong physique.

Enhance the care of patients with incontinence, frequent cleansing of perineum, Qinhuan diapers. Yintang night less water and rice porridge, so as not to increase urine output, the impact of sleep.