Health Sciences 2711A/B Study Guide - Kegel Exercise, Dementia, Agreeableness
21 Apr 2014
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Prevalence: leakage of urine during exercise, laughing, coughing, sneezing or lifting, inability to hold urine until you get to a toilet, urine dribbles after urinating, smell of urine on clothes or in the house, 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, only 25% seeks help usually after 4 6 years, 1 in 8 65 and over canadian adults experience incontinence, 14% women, 9% men, between 65 and 85 years, the percentages double, pelvic flood muscles weaken due to changes resulting from pregnancy, childbirth or menopause (women), enlarged or removed prostate (men). Treatment: kegels, electrical stimulation to pelvic muscles, biofeedback to track bladder and urethral muscle contractions, bladder timing training, absorbent pads, medications, non surgical devices pessaries, surgical treatments pulling dropped bladder up; catheterization, implants to close urethra. Retained features: logical thought, intelligence, personality, stored memory, skills, emotion.
