incontinence

Ask a Catheter Nurse – Your IC Questions Answered

At Bladder and Bowel Community Home Delivery service, as well as delivering your catheter needs directly to your door, we also have trained catheter nurses who are able to help guide you through what can be a tricky and overwhelming time.…

Confused Incontinent Person at Home

Looking after a confused relative or friend can be a great strain and responsibility. It can become even more difficult, and indeed unpleasant, if the person loses control of the bladder or bowel and is incontinent. This is, unfortunately,…

We’re Going GREEN

The Just Can’t Wait card has provided a ‘lifeline’ to over 130K people to date. Around 14 million people in the UK live with a bladder condition and over 6.4 million live with a bowel condition. We’ve issued over 130,000 Just Can’t Wait…

NEW! Digital Just Can’t Wait Card

The Just Can’t Wait Card is now available as a Digital Pass on Apple and Android Devices

Incontinence Myths

For such a common condition as incontinence, it’s important to understand exactly what help and support is available. But also what common myths and misconceptions to avoid as these may prevent you from properly managing incontinence.

How having a bladder or bowel condition can affect your mental health

When we talk about having a bladder or bowel condition, we mostly talk about the physical symptoms that are associated with the condition, whether that be urgency, incontinence, stomach pain and more. What we don’t really talk about are the…

Continence FAQs

If you are experiencing continence issues, or someone you know is, these frequently asked questions may help you in understanding what help is available.

World Continence Week

World Continence Week (WCW) is an annual initiative managed and run by the International Continence Society (ICS). Its primary aim is to raise awareness of incontinence related issues. This year the event is running from 15th to the 21st…

Bladder & Bowel Community on BBC Woman’s Hour

Director Joanne Umbers represents the Community in the discussion around public toilets As lockdown slowly starts to lift, the issue around public toilets and their availability is a key issue to so many. When Bladder …

Don’t Suffer with Incontinence

You can order a free sample of MoliCare® pants for Men or Women. As a Bladder and Bowel Community member, you will also receive 20% off with HARTMANN Direct with code BBC20 at the checkout or over the phone.

Just Can’t Wait Card Replacement

If you have lost or misplaced your Just Can't Wait card please use the form below to fill out your details and we will get another one sent out to you. Please note we make a small charge charge for cards ordered by post, to help cover…

Urinary Incontinence: How Treatment, Advice and Products Can Help You

AD This article contains links Urinary incontinence is the inability to control your bladder, causing unwanted and involuntary leakage of urine1. The condition can affect anyone, at any age, but it is often a subject people avoid talking…

Menopause And The Bladder

Yesterday marked World Menopause Day and an opportunity to discuss a change in life that affects every single woman at some point. Menopause appears to be one of those taboo subjects where women will just ‘put up’ with menopausal symptoms.…

Catheters And Me: A True Story From 21 Year Old Gemma

杰玛·哈伦伯格:所以故事真正从我回家开始。你问的背景?我来解释一下。Although first of all, I would like to let you know that I want this article to be positively working towards reducing…

Taking Control Of Stress Urinary Incontinence

Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI) is a very common condition, affecting an estimated 30% of women worldwide. The condition can have a significant impact on daily life affecting activities, relationships and emotional well-being. Two-thirds…

Coping With Incontinence Following A Stroke

This month is Make May Purple for Stroke Awareness and we will be highlighting this devastating illness that affects over 1.2 million people and is the leading cause of disability in the UK.

Kegel Exercises: How to Strengthen Your Pelvic Floor Muscles

The Kegel exercises are important for women to maintain healthy and strong pelvic floor muscles. Read the benefits and how to do Kegels. Learn more.

Penile Sheaths

Penile Sheath Sheaths are a popular and effective alternative to absorbent pads for many men. They fit over the penis like a condom and are attached by a tube to a drainage bag and can be used during the day and during the night. Penile…

The Importance Of Hydration

营养不良和水分不足有时会使膀胱和肠道症状恶化，这篇文章将看看为什么良好的水分对膀胱和肠道如此重要的所有原因。

Understanding Urinary Incontinence in Adults

Urinary incontinence can be painful, embarrassing, and even debilitating. Whether it is yourself, a member of your family, or even a close friend, this is an issue many will have to deal with.

RSM Event – Ageing Syndromes

The Royal Society of Medicine will be holding a seminar this March which will explore how geriatric medicine is helping to control ageing syndromes.

Top 5 things I Can Do Now I Have Strengthened My Pelvic Floor

Harriet Foulkes-Arnold, 34 from Shrivenham, suffered from leaks after having her first baby and found it had a huge impact on her confidence and the way she lived her life.

Share Your Story – Ian Holland: living with ulcerative colitis & urinary retention

We’re always grateful to our community for sharing their stories and letting others know that they’re not alone with their bladder and/or bowel condition. This week, Ian talks to us about his life with the autoimmune bowel condition,…

Indwelling Catheters

留置导尿管是用一个可以充气和放气的气球固定在膀胱内的。Short-term (less than 30 days) or long-term (more than 30 days) drainage can be maintained but the end of the catheter should either be…

Female Incontinence Products

There are many products on the market that can help you feel more comfortable and more confident when suffering from either bladder or bowel incontinence. There are some devices that are designed to either place pressure on the urethra or…

Male Incontinence Products

市面上有很多失禁的帮助和产品，可以帮助你在遭遇膀胱或肠道失禁时感到更舒适和更自信。When considering male incontinence products, there are many…

Bedding And Chair Covers

Bedding and chair covers are absorbent pads that can be used on your furniture, bed or car seat to protect fabrics for becoming damp, stained or from odours. You can get washable protectors and disposable protectors and both are made from…

Bladder Incontinence Products

在本节中，你会找到一些有用的信息和建议，一些产品和器具用于治疗一系列膀胱疾病，包括导尿和帮助膀胱失禁的产品。The Bladder and…

10 Overactive Bladder Treatment Options to Try

Living with a bladder condition such as Overactive Bladder can be both physically and emotionally demanding. NewLifeOutlook give you some great advice that can help to improve your bladder symptoms.

The importance of toilet locations at places of interest

What does ‘welcome’ really mean? We often see the outside of Buckingham Palace on television but it’s usually only a privileged few who actually get inside. It is therefore rather exciting that there are special tours of the State Rooms…

Celebrate your #superstoma – CA launch Colostomy Day 2017

This week the Colostomy Association launched the theme for these year’s Colostomy Day. Every year ostomates join together to raise awareness to dispel the stigma attached to colostomies, ileostomies and urostomies.

Diabetes And Incontinence

Diabetes is a metabolic syndrome where the blood sugar levels become higher than normal, which can cause a range of symptoms. It occurs when the pancreas fails to produce enough or any insulin to move glucose into the cells in our body.…

Squeezy – the NHS Physiotherapy App for Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercises

Designed by chartered physiotherapists specialising in Pelvic Health working in the NHS, Squeezy is suitable for all women who want to do pelvic floor muscle exercises (or Kegel exercises). The app is particularly aimed at women who are…

The Importance of Public Toilets in the Face of Continued Closures

“Desperate for the loo? They’re closed now but they’ll be open for the summer season.” “You need the loo? Sorry, mate! They’ve been closed down – vandalism and all that. The council says they’re too costly to keep open.” “How dare…

Revolutionary Incontinence Treatment

Post Prostate Cancer surgery? Suffering with leaks? A revolutionary, new incontinence treatment has got everyone talking; here’s why you NEED to use it… Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed form of cancer found in men in the UK…

Millions ‘suffer in silence’ with incontinence

Millions of people in England experience problems with continence but many are not getting the support they need, health officials are warning. In guidance published by NHS England, experts have suggested people "suffer in silence" because…

Chief Medical Officer calls for action on women’s health

Report by Professor Dame Sally Davies targets obesity and ovarian cancer and encourages women to talk about 'taboos' such as incontinence. In her latest annual report, ‘Health of the 51%: women’, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Professor…

Continence Advisor or Physiotherapist?

节制顾问或节制理疗师-你知道谁做什么吗?你可能听过你的全科医生提到过节制顾问和节制理疗师，但你真的知道他们做什么吗?Although nowadays both…

New study reveals 1 in 10 Inflammatory Bowel Disease patients are misdiagnosed with Irritable Bowel…

A new study, published in the UEG Journal reveals that 10% of IBD patients are misdiagnosed with IBS and in 3% of cases the misdiagnosis can persist for five or more years. The case-controlled study, conducted in the UK, assessed the…

Incontinence Pads – What you should know

Incontinence is treatable. It is therefore essential that assessment of incontinence is sought before you consider using pads as a permanent way to manage your bladder problem. You may wish to view the following articles…

Labour MP Rosie Cooper has tabled two written questions on continence care and UTI admissions

Labour MP Rosie Cooper has tabled two written questions on continence care and UTI admissions, in which she asked the Health Secretary: Whether the revised Nursing and Midwifery Code will include provisions on bowel and bladder care to…

We Need to Talk About Incontinence

Dr Martin McShane, NHS England's Director for Patients with Long Term Conditions, explains why we must ask patients the right questions and not let them suffer in silence. Domain 2 of the NHS outcomes framework is about 'enhancing the…

Bowel Diary

Bowel Retraining is a conservative treatment that is generally aimed at people who have recurring constipation or diarrhoea, or limited or reduced sensation in their rectum due to nerve damage.

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FREE Just Can’t Wait Toilet Card

Access the Universally Recognised Digital Just Can’t Wait Toilet Card Online for FREE Order the original toilet access card from the Bladder and Bowel Community today. We use the universally acknowledged W.C. signage, giving you the…

Faecal Incontinence Treatments

The key to treating faecal incontinence is to find the condition that is causing this. Chronic constipation and a weak pelvic floor are two of the most common causes of faecal incontinence and in many cases this can be resolved through a…

Overflow Incontinence Treatments

溢出性尿失禁有很多原因，两个主要原因是尿潴留或结石堵塞或男性前列腺肥大。你的治疗要视病因而定。If the overflow is caused by a blockage,…

Urinary Urgency and Urge Incontinence

An issue with the bladder such as Urge incontinence and urgency can cause a great deal of worry and stress and you may start to live your life around your problem, however there is help available. What's the difference between Urge…

Pelvic Floor Exercises

什么是盆底肌肉?骨盆底肌肉是一层一层的肌肉，像吊床一样从耻骨前伸到脊柱(尾骨)底部。In men there are two openings through the pelvic floor -…

Injectable Treatments

注射治疗是一种侵入性较小的治疗选择，有助于改善人们的生活遭受粪便失禁，他们提供了大手术的另一种选择。They are often suitable for those who have not seen benefit…