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It depends on how long is long term. If it is long enough your bladder will become smaller and you will become dependent on the foley catheter. This is not necessarily a bad thing. It just depends on what the alternatives are.
yes you can, you have to be flexable and "long"
In cardiac catheterization, a long, fine catheter is used for passage through a blood vessel into the chambers of the heart.
"Urinary catheters are used to drain the bladder. Your health care provider may recommend a catheter for short-term or long-term use because you have or had: Urinary incontinence (leakage of urine or the inability to control when you urinate) Urinary retention (being unable to empty the bladder when you need to) Surgery that made a catheter necessary, such as prostate or gynecological surgery Other medical conditions such as multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, or dementia" - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003981.htm
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A long, flexible tube, called a catheter, is inserted into a vein and threaded up into the heart. The doctor can guide the catheter by watching its movement on a TV monitor showing an x-ray image of the area. The tip of the catheter is fitted with.
Yes this can be a problem but you can do the exercises where you squeeze and try to cut of the urine and then let it on again. Go to the bathroom on specific hours since it is possible to get the bladder used to how often you go. You can also get help from a Urology therapist.
In the hospital setting, nurses have to deal with this issue on a pretty regular basis. Pulling a Foley Catheter out causes: * Pain * Hematuria (bloody urine) * Possible bladder trauma * Possible urethra trauma * Possible prostate trauma * Bladder irrigation * Surgical repair of damage * Possible short term, or even long term, incontinence * Increased risk for infection * Possible need for additional medical interventions * ** Bladder irrigation ** Surgical repair
A long, thin, flexible tube that is threaded into the heart through a blood vessel
as long as they urinate in it first source ross.wikia.com
my father had a stroke 7 days ago and he still has a catheter. They tested his blood and his white blood cell count is high. What do we do? Take the catheter out and deal with the incontience or use a condom catheter? They should be changing the catheter fairly frequently to insure that there are no problems with it. If his white blood cell count is high, then chances are is that he could be experiencing an infection.