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| Incontinence Undergarments offer protection |
Incontinence may be caused by pressure on the
bladder. This type of incontinence is
called stress incontinence and can occur with a sneeze, laughing or by bending
over. The stress is placed on the
bladder causing the person to lose control.
If the person happens to be wearing no special undergarments, he or she
will have a wet spot, which in the case of laughing will cause even more
laughter as friends and family point out that the person laughed so hard he or
she peed his or her pants. The joke
won’t end on that day either as the tale will be told again and again much to
the enjoyment of the audience and the chagrin of the subject of the story.
Weak bladder muscles may contribute to urge incontinence,
which is when the bladder releases urine and creates such an urge to go that
the person may not even make it to the bathroom before the urine arrives. This type of incontinence will lead to a
story that is not as funny as the laughing one, which means that the
embarrassment level can be pretty high.
Mixed incontinence combines the problems of both stress
and urge incontinence. That means it
might be as funny as stress incontinence and as embarrassing as urge
incontinence. Of course, funny is
relative as to who the subject is and who is laughing.
Overflow incontinence occurs when the bladder does not
full release all of the urine that occupies it.
This type of incontinence can be annoying and carry the embarrassment of
mixed incontinence and urge incontinence.
The best way to protect against embarrassment of this
sort is to avoid incontinence. Changes
in diet that may include spacing out liquids and ending the consumption of
diuretics like caffeine and alcohol can help prevent incontinence. Certain food may also trigger episodes of
incontinence, but they vary by person and so trial and error may be the best
way to figure out what foods trigger a particular person’s bladder.
If the incontinence is not preventable, then the next
best course of action is to prevent urine from reaching clothing. Incontinence underwear, adult diapers, pads
and liners are all good ways to do this.
Pads and liners are meant to protect against lighter flows, while
diapers will soak up a lot more.
To protect the person and his or her mattress, a bed liner
and under pad can help. Under pads are
designed to soak up urine. Both are used
in hospitals and should never be used to transfer a patient from the bed onto a
gurney or vice versa.
Watch this video. How to Choose the Right Incontinence Product.
People who experience incontinence are not the only ones
to wear incontinence undergarments.
Astronauts, pilots, guards and divers may also wear different
undergarments that they will use as their own portable latrine. This keeps them on duty and from having to
find a place to go to the bathroom, especially when those places are few and
far between in outer or liquid space.
Incontinence may happen. People
who know what to do will fare better than those who are uninformed.
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