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Bowel problems in children are common, up to 29% of children can be affected by functional constipation and functional fecal incontinence, where the symptom origin is not known.

In this science article a combined retrospective and cross-sectional survey study investigates chronic idiopathic constipation in children and bowel regimen with bowel irrigation, also called transanal irrigation (TAI).

In this summary you can read about what a neurogenic bowel is and goals and recommendations for treatment.

This is a summary of the published article Long-term efficacy and safety of transanal irrigation in multiple sclerosis by Passananti et al. 2016

Ylivuotoinkontinenssi on virtsavuotoa, joka johtuu siitä, että virtsarakko ei pysty tyhjentymään kunnolla virtsarakon tukkeuman tai vajaatoimintaisen detrusorlihaksen vuoksi. Näitä oireita kutsutaan usein alempien virtsateiden oireiksi (LUTS).

Summary of first data on Navina Smart

Bowel dysfunction is surrounded by misconceptions and taboos that may interfere with treatment and that may result in self-medication not always innocuous to the patient care.

Virtsatieinfektiot ovat hankalia asioita, joilla voi olla erittäin kielteinen vaikutus monien potilaiden elämänlaatuun. Se voi myös johtaa munuaisvaurioihin ja sepsikseen, joka on hengenvaarallinen tila.

Bladder instillation is used for local administration of drugs into the bladder. This is used for treatment of interstitial cystitis and cancer, for example. Drugs are being delivered by catheters and a hydrophilic-coated surface such as that of the LoFric catheters reduces the risk for trauma associated with instillation therapy.

Patient adherence plays a key role in a successful and cost-effective catheterization treatment. A patient who feels part of the decision-making, in control of his options and how they work with his lifestyle is more inclined to stick with his therapy and subsequently experience a good clinical outcome.

Urine often has a high concentration of particles and low content of water. This is referred to as high osmolality. Urine osmolality has a direct effect on catheter lubrication and plays an important role for people who use hydrophilic catheters. Catheters with a surface osmolality in balance with urine is key to reducing withdrawal friction.