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Incontinence
Genesis Medical offers treatment for all types of incontinence. These do not involve drugs or pads and they can significantly improve the condition and for most conditions offer a cure. Some of the treatments can be done in the comfort of your own home while others need attendance at a clinic with a healthcare professional who is trained to use the equipment.
It is important to recognise the different types of incontinence. Incontinence is a very common problem and almost every case can be cured or significantly improved.
The most common form of incontinence is urinary. There are two main types of urinary incontinence - Urge and Stress.
Urge Incontinence
This involves an imbalance of the nerves involved with the continence mechanism. This condition is not directly related to weak pelvic floor muscles.
When the bladder fills, signals are sent from the nerves in the bladder wall to the bladder muscle. Inhibitory reflex nerves intercept these signals to prevent the bladder from contracting. The signals build up until they become so strong that the sensation reaches the consciousness and one can voluntarily prevent the bladder muscle from contracting until convenient.
With Urge Incontinence the signals from the bladder overwhelm the inhibitory reflex and reach the bladder muscle before the sensation reaches the consciousness. The muscle then starts to contract and there is no time to voluntarily stop the process.
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treatments for further
information on how Genesis can help you to overcome Urge Incontinence.
Stress Incontinence
Stress
incontinence is caused by pelvic floor muscle weakness. The pelvic floor
muscles stretch like a hammock from the pelvic bone to the coccyx and
they support the bladder. The anal canal and the urethra pass through
the pelvic floor muscles. When the pelvic floor muscles are healthy they
hold the bladder at the correct angle and contract around the urethra
to prevent leaking. The pelvic floor muscles can be stretched and torn
during childbirth and unless they are properly exercised and returned
to health, urinary and sometimes faecal incontinence may result.
Genesis Medical offers successful products for strengthening pelvic floor muscles at home and in the clinic. Genesis Medical also provides a bulking material for injecting around the urethra to narrow the passage.
See treatments for further information on how Genesis can help you to overcome Stress Incontinence.
Faecal Incontinence
Faecal Incontinence is the loss of bowel control causing leaking of stool from the rectum. While not as common as urinary incontinence, faecal incontinence is widespread and can be even more distressing.
Effective bowel control requires a functioning anal sphincter, sufficient rectal capacity and rectal sensation.
The anal sphincters apply pressure around the anal canal until relaxed for defecation. The rectum holds the faecal matter and should stretch as the volume increases. The rectal sensation signals the filling of the rectum.
The anal sphincters may be damaged during childbirth. Sometimes this damage is compensated for by the pelvic floor muscles and becomes apparent only with age and weakening of the muscles.
Damage to the nerves can affect rectal sensation and so proper bowel control and co-ordination of the defecation process.
It is important for the cause of the problems to be established and a treatment program worked out by a specialist.
Genesis Medical provides electrostimulation and biofeedback instruments for treating faecal incontinence including single and double balloon catheters for pressure biofeedback.
See treatments for further information on how Genesis can help you to overcome Faecal Incontinence.
