sábado, 25 de mayo de 2013

URINARY INCONTINENCE



The UI is highly prevalent in  aging and is associated with significant morbidity and increased mortality.

Nursing care services, including first contact, is highlighted in the participation for a comprehensive clinical examination that It should include the deliberate search of this disease and its medical and social implications.

Nursing care should deepen in not pharmacological measures  focus on training patients for adequate and continuous realization of all measures conservative, contribute to the patient in the selection of appropriate protective products , like for example diapers, offering security and trust in many of the cases persuade the patient to use protectors is an easy resource scope, creates comfort, prevents injuries and skin´s infections, mucous genitourinary tract and provides protection against odor.

Among the organic causes, urinary incontinence has built leading positions in order of frequencyof self-margination. In the United States it is estimated that 40% of people over 65 have some form of urinary incontinence.
For the elderly aware of their urinary incontinence, shame, loss of self-esteem and finally, dependence, are unavoidable steps.



Many families are able to care for their elderly until incontinence appears, then seeks to institutionalize them, for their assistance becomes a considerable complication.

Here I attached video´s link of Dr. Rioja talking about UI. He is a renowned urologist from Zaragoza who I was lucky to meet in my stage of surgical practices in the hospital where I developed It.


And some exercises to make your pelvic muscle a little stronger, and then to take more control about urinary incontinence.



REFERENCES:
Salgado Alba A, González Montalvo JI, Alarcón Alarcón MT. Asistencia en atención primaria de salud. En: Fundamentos prácticos de la asistencia al anciano. Barcelona: Masson, 1996. p. 17-26.
http://www.medigraphic.com/pdfs/enfermeriaimss/eim-2007/eim071i.pdf

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