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"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
What else can I help you with?
How do you use a catheter?
A catheter is a term used for any thin tube inserted into the body - not just a urinary catheter. So, you would use a catheter as intended.You would insert a urinary catheter and secure it by inflating the balloon.You would insert a central line catheter and x-ray it before use, then use it to administer medications.Etc...
What would increase cystitis?
insertion of a urinary catheter
What is a tube called that a nurse would insert into the penis through the urethra to help with urine flow?
A urinary catheter is a tube that a nurse would insert into the penis through the urethra to help with urine flow. It is the same catheter, whether to catheterize a male or female. A one-time catheter has no collection bag. An indwelling catheter has long tubing that ends in a collection bag that is hung on the lower side of the bed.
Can someone become a firefighter if they have chronic bronchitis?
i would not have thought so
What Changes would you expect to see in the liver of someone suffering from chronic alcoholism?
The liver would exhibit scarring.
Why would someone have to have urinary tract infection treatment?
Urinary tract infections are very painful. Both females and males of all ages can suffer from urinary tract infections. Urinary tract infections left untreated can cause an upper tract infection that could be extremely dangerous and far more painful for any patient.
Why would someone pee a lot throughout the night?
Cause they drink too much liquid or they might have a urinary tract infection.
Will emergency room staff sedate a male patient for urinary catheter insertion if he absolutely will not consent without it?
At most they would get you something to calm you down my guess is. It depends on the hospital. It can be uncomfortable but not painful and you get a numbing gel before hand. The pain from not being able to pee and you have a full bladder is 100 times worse. Sedating someone is a much bigger thing and risky. I have never seen a patient being in pain when I gave him a catheter and I worked with it for over 2 years.
What does the medical abbreviation IDC in aged care mean?
In aged care, IDC typically stands for "indwelling catheter," which refers to a catheter that is placed inside the body to drain urine from the bladder. This type of catheter is commonly used in older adults who have difficulty urinating on their own.
How would you say remaining in a given location such as a catheter in a medical context?
Indwelling
Why expel air from cholangiogram?
air bubbles in the catheter would be taken as calculus
Catheter is a type of?
It is a tube which is used to drain something from inside the body to the outside. The most common catheter is probably a urinary catheter, and a FOLEY is probably the most often used. It simply drains the urine from the bladder to outside the body. Some people use a collection bag to catch the urine, or some people use the intermittent method in which the bladder is emptied several times a day into a toilet. Depending on your medical situation, your urologist would be able to prescribe the best type for you. Another use which has gained great popularity in recent years, is a catheter fetish used in medical play in BDSM. Lots of people find urethral stimulation indescribably satisfying, with more intense orgasms than they have ever experienced.
