In the earlier to moderate stages of Alzheimer's, while incontinence issues may vary (depending on other potential medical complications), most patients still have decent bladder/bowel control. However, as the disease progresses, incontinence is likely to become more prevalent. Alzheimer's disease is essentially a "disease of forgetting", therefore over time, the person no longer recognizes connections between brain and body. A patient may get to a point where he doesn't understand what to do when his bladder/bowel is full, hence incontinence.
They don't. The urine is in their stool.
Stool and Urine
When a person dies, since all control over the body is lost, the stools and urine are released.
The stool, urates and urine
Kidney produces urine and stool
Warfarin is a medication in the class of anticoagulants or blood thinners. Warfarin levels are checked through the blood and can not be adequately determined in the urine or stool.
Urine and stool. No it's carbon dioxide and nitrogenous compounds. not stool.
Urine and stool. No it's carbon dioxide and nitrogenous compounds. not stool.
Urine and Stool
A surgically-created opening in the abdomen for elimination of waste products (urine or stool).
Salmonella does not typically cause bloody urine. However, it can cause bloody stool. The illness can be passed to other people through urine, blood, and stool, so stay away from other people if infected.
Bowel control can be lost at the time of death as the muscles in the body relax, which can result in the release of stool and urine. This is a natural part of the body's process as it begins to shut down.