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Anticholinergic Drugs For Incontinence
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- Stress Incontinence
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Lifestyle Changes
Hygiene Tips
Keeping Skin Clean. Proper hygiene is essential for patients with incontinence.
To avoid skin irritation and infection associated with incontinence, keep the area around the urethra clean. The following tips may be helpful:
- After a urinary accident, clean any affected areas right away.
- When bathing, use warm water and don't scrub forcefully; hot water and scrubbing can injure the skin.
- A number of cleansers are available that are specially created for incontinence and...
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Stress incontinence
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Incontinence - stressTreatmentTreatment depends on how severe the symptoms are and how much they interfere with your everyday life.The doctor may ask... Read more »
Bowel incontinence
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Uncontrollable passage of feces; Loss of bowel control; Fecal incontinence; Incontinence - bowelHome CareIncontinence is not a hopeless situation.... Read more »
Urge incontinence
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Overactive bladder; Detrusor instability; Detrusor hyperreflexia; Irritable bladder; Spasmodic bladder; Unstable bladder; Incontinence - urge;... Read more »
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Urinary incontinence
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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