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What to do if you have stress urinary incontinence?

"Laughing and peeing" is not funny! What to do if you have stress urinary incontinence?

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Accidentally leaking urine... Many women are suffering from such troubles and even some serious ones dare not even socialize... Many people call it "social cancer", which seriously affects the quality of life and mental stress

According to the epidemiological survey data in some areas of China, the incidence of urinary incontinence is 5.9% for people over 18 years old, 1.1% for people aged 18-40, 10% for people over 40 years old, and even as high as 70% for elderly women. .

So, why are women prone to urinary incontinence? How to deal with stress urinary incontinence?

How to deal with stress urinary incontinence?

1. Caring for and understanding the patient

Urinary incontinence brings great pain and inconvenience to patients and seriously affects the quality of life of patients. In particular, the elderly are slow to move, their mobility is weakened, their self-esteem is vulnerable to damage after illness, and they are prone to mistrust and stubbornness towards others. In severe cases, they are depressed, anxious, and feel lonely .

In this regard, nurses should first be patient, kind, and tireless, and use good nursing language and behavior to arouse patients' confidence in recovery . Whenever the patient makes small progress, the patient should be given appropriate encouragement.

2. Develop a plan for bladder function training

Urinary incontinence patients should formulate and implement bladder function training plans , and perform pelvic floor muscle exercises every day, which can exercise pelvic floor muscle contraction and relaxation exercises, which have a certain effect on the treatment and improvement of patients with urinary incontinence.

3. Observe the patient's urination response and assist the patient to urinate

Medical staff and family members should observe the patient's urination response to assist the patient to urinate. It is necessary to teach patients how to use the toilet, and adjust the environment that is convenient for the patient to move. For example, the toilet should be placed in a place where the patient can easily access it. To help patients who have difficulty putting on and taking off clothes, try to wear clothes that are easy to take off. Caution should be used for catheterization, aseptic intermittent catheterization should be used when necessary, and indwelling catheterization should be avoided as much as possible , so as to improve the quality of life and happiness index of patients.

4. Keep your skin clean

Urine irritation to the skin will cause various inflammations of the skin. In addition, the ammonia in urine has a very serious irritating effect on the skin, causing rashes and incontinence dermatitis. Therefore, it is necessary to prevent and care for incontinence dermatitis , such as maintaining Clean and dry, change clothes and bed sheets frequently, and apply some ointment to protect the skin.

5. Proper exercise

Stress urinary incontinence patients need to properly control sports such as jumping. Jumping or brisk walking will increase abdominal pressure, thereby aggravating the symptoms of urinary incontinence, so they should exercise appropriately according to the situation.

6. Drink water properly

Many patients with urinary incontinence have scruples about drinking water, but if they reduce the amount of water they drink, it is very easy to lead to the chance of urinary tract infection.

Therefore, for patients with urinary incontinence, it is necessary to ensure that they drink water every day , and the amount of water should be sufficient. Before going to bed, they should limit the amount of water they drink to reduce the amount of urine at night. The daily water intake needs to be clearly managed , and the water intake needs to be appropriate. Too little water and high urine concentration will affect kidney function and physical health, but too much water will aggravate urinary incontinence symptoms.

Stress incontinence is not terrible premise is to give the patient enough attention and care especially medical and nursing staff Special attention should be paid to the basic nursing andpsychological problems of such patientsProvide appropriate help and timely psychological counseling Strive to improve the quality of life of patients Build their confidence to overcome the disease.