Health Sciences 2711A/B Lecture Notes - Kegel Exercise, Brain Failure, Geriatrics
16 Apr 2014
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Normal bladder function: normal average amount of urine secreted - 100 ml per hour. Fullness 300 ml, 3 hours after fluid intake; easily suppressed. Discomfort of full bladder 600 ml, after 6 hours. Desperation 750 ml or more; irresistible desire to urinate, leaking starts. Leakage of urine during exercise, laughing, coughing, sneezing or lifting. Inability to hold urine until you get to a toilet. Smell of urine on clothes or in the house. Lifetime option for some is diapers (lucrative industry) Prevalence: up to 25 million adult americans. 1 in 3 persons over the age of 60: twice as common in women than in men. Frustrating, embarrassing, debilitating condition (wakes you up, restricts activities, irritates skin, affects quality of life: only 25% seek help usually after 4 (men) 6 (women) years. 1 in 8 people over the age of 65 suffer from it. 14% of women and 9% of men age 65 and over suffer from it.
