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Dementia and Incontinence Treatment: News Alert!

By Jasmine Schmidt Health Expert

This "news" is actually several weeks old, but it's interesting and you may find it helpful, so better late than never. 

 

Here's one of the news reports: Bladder and dementia therapy may be incompatible

 

At the beginning of May major news outlets began reporting on the findings of two new studies showing that older people on medication for dementia who were also taking anticholinergic drugs, a common treatment for incontinence, experienced a decline in thinking skills and memory.

 

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Expert & Community Posts

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Finding the Right Incontinence Treatment and Shopping for Cars
By Jasmine Schmidt , Health Expert

...about what it's like trying to handle and manage incontinence. You may be wondering how exactly... Read more »

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Seeking Incontinence Treatment: Have You Talked to a Medical Professional Yet?
By Jasmine Schmidt , Health Expert

...vastly different everyone's story is when it comes to incontinence, and I've been struggling to... Read more »

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Seeking Incontinence Treatment: Achieving and Maintaining Dryness
By Jasmine Schmidt , Health Expert

...first two “phases” of being an individual with incontinence. In this week’s blog – the... Read more »

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Seeking Incontinence Treatment: Finding the Right One
By Jasmine Schmidt , Health Expert

...week I wrote about individuals in “phase one” of incontinence – the pre-medical-care... Read more »

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Acupuncture and Tai Chi as Incontinence Treatments
By Jasmine Schmidt , Health Expert

...use of alternative or complementary treatment for incontinence. While these treatments can be... Read more »

Health Guide

Four Steps for Gaining Control of Your Bladder
...passing urine every three to four hours without leaking. For more information about treatment urinary incontinence, visit www.healthcentral.com/incontinence/treatment.html. Read more »
Urinary Incontinence: Causes and Treatments
Urinary incontinence can be defined as the involuntary loss of urine. The urinary bladder, which stores urine until the patient voluntary empties its content, is a reservoir in the lower abdomen... Read more »
The HealthCentral Network Partners with The Simon Foundation for Continence to Enhance Internet Resources
...ChoiceMedia company, have formed a partnership to create new online resources for individuals with incontinence and related disorders. The partnership brings together the pioneering efforts of the... Read more »
How to Use This Site
Welcome to Incontinence Connection Realizing you are incontinent can be frightening and overwhelming. But once you've been diagnosed, you can begin to take the steps to find treatments and move on... Read more »
How to Use This Site
Welcome to IncontinenceNetwork.com. Learning that you or someone you love has incontinence can be frightening and even embarrassing. You may feel overwhelmed with questions, concerns, and... Read more »

Medications

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...frequent urination inability to control urination (incontinence) diarrhea mental/mood... Read more »

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...increase in urination inability to hold urine (incontinence) Tell your doctor immediately... Read more »

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