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Poise® Ask an Expert gives you the opportunity to submit a question to our panel of qualified continence nurses regarding your bladder weakness issues and worries.
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These questions might be similar to 'I am a 49 year old woman and I am starting to have the hot flushes associated with menopause, now do I just wait for the inevitable Urinary Incontinence to start?'
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What can I do to minimise the impact that menopause has to my body?
You can do things to minimise the impact that menopause has on the female reproductive organs. Such as: * Limiting caffeine consumption ...
Category: Natural changes
Answered over 3 years ago
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I am a 49 year old woman and I am starting to have the hot flushes associated with menopause, now do I just wait for the inevitable Urinary Incontinence to start?
Bladder control loss may be a common complication of menopause but not all women going through the natural changes of menopause have bladder contro...
Category: Natural changes
Answered over 3 years ago
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At what stage is it sensible to consider surgery? I am into menopause and despite working on the pelvic floor exercises and doing other lifestyle things I am steadily getting worse. There's a vicious cycle round bladder weakness discouraging exercise, an
Hello Margaret, True Stress incontinence can be diagnosed with Urodynamics which either a GP can instruct or may reed to a Uro-Gynaecologist. Once...
Category: Natural changes
Answered about 1 year ago
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I have a prolapse bladder. Would pelvic floor exercises be good to rectify the problems or any special exercises are required/and/or operation is the solution?
Dear Josephine, In a mild case of bladder prolapse, yes pelvic floor exercises can strengthen your pelvic floor muscles. Because bladder prolapse ...
Category: Natural changes
Answered about 1 year ago
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i am 12 but when im looking for something it says that i am a child and should be wearing nappies, when im not. can you please tell me what i could use to help me?
Hello Mia, Thanks for your enquiry. Light bladder leakage or LBL is a very common issue for women of all ages. In nearly all cases, the problem c...
Category: Young women
Answered about 1 year ago
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My daughter (11) has a problem with bladder control. How can I help her?
Hello Elizabeth. Thanks for your enquiry. Please consult with a doctor or local burse continence advisor. They will be able to assess your daugh...
Category: Young women
Answered about 1 year ago
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Little bladder weakness at 17 years of age
Thanks for your enquiry. Light bladder leakage or LBL is a very common problem for women of all ages. It occurs because the pelvic floor muscles t...
Category: Young women
Answered about 1 year ago
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I am a young teenager and everytime i go to pee i never can empty my bladder properly and still feel as if i can pee a few MLs or urine but even then i still am not fully empty. I have been to so many doctors and specialists and they cannot find anything
Hello Jennifer, From your description it sounds like you have symptoms of overflow incontinence. This occurs when you continuously leak small tric...
Category: Young women
Answered about 1 year ago
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why can't i hold on and sometimes not make it
Dear Kristy, There are many causes of incontinence including when you are suffering from a urinary tract infection or weakened pelvic floor musc...
Category: Young women
Answered over 2 years ago
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Could a GBS (Group B Strep) Urinary Infection cause incontinence?
Hello Sharleen, Thanks for your enquiry. A Group B Strep Urinary Infection can cause the same symptoms as any other Urinary Tract infections whic...
Category: Mothers
Answered about 1 year ago
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After trying to have sex for the first time in a year it was painful and since then I have experienced an urgent need to urinate which is difficult to control. When I do go I get an ache in my pelvis area as though I still need to go. Could this be a prob
Hello Karen, Thanks for your enquiry. Based on your description it sounds you have the symptoms of a urinary tract infection. Our recommendation ...
Category: Natural changes
Answered about 1 year ago
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I'm only 13 and i wet myself when i laugh, sneeze, jump or even cough. please help!! what is wrong with me??
Hi Samantha, What you're experiencing is a not uncommon among teenagers. Your LBL could be caused by a number of factors such as a urinary trac...
Category: Young women
Answered 11 months ago
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I'm after a nappy type for an elderly incontinenant lady. What is available and do u have a sample? I want this for my mother in law.
Hello Rose, Poise do not manufacture any garment/pant/underwear styled bladder leakage products. Visit the Depend website http://www.depend.co...
Category: Natural changes
Answered about 1 year ago
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Why is there no availability of male incontinence products in Poise's 'free sample' campaign?
Hello Mike, Thanks for your enquiry. When you choose male products on the Poise sample page, there is a link that will take you directly to the ...
Category: Natural changes
Answered 11 months ago
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My mother has alzheimers and bladder continence especially at night is an problem I am looking for pullups with increased absorbancy can you give me some advise in that area
Dear Brenda, Poise do not manufacture any garment/pant/underwear styled bladder leakage products. Visit the Depend website http://www.depend.c...
Category: Natural changes
Answered about 1 year ago
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If I sneeze or cough immediately after emptying my bladder, within seconds of standing up, I still leak. Is my bladder not emptying properly or is this normal? Where is all that wee coming from?
Dear Penny, Based on your description above, it sounds like you have symptoms of overflow incontinence. Overflow Incontinence, is when you continu...
Category: Natural changes
Answered about 1 year ago
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I have small leakage the moment my bladder has any urine in it. When I drink a glass of water I get the urge to urinate approximately 10 minutes after drinking. What is happening to me?
Dear Ingrid, Sounds like you have the symptoms of Urge Incontinence. This usually happens when you suddenly leak urine after feeling an urgent and...
Category: Natural changes
Answered about 1 year ago
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Since I can remember I have suffered from bladder weakness. When I was only six I had to be taken into a toilet in every shop we passed. I am nearly 18 and I still suffer from bladder weakness. It is not constant, sometimes I have it but sometimes I am co
Hello Rebecca, Although you may be a bit scared to visit the Dr, it sounds like you may need to go to pay them a visit GP. Visit a GP that you fee...
Category: Young women
Answered 11 months ago
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Because my present supplier of bed incontinence sheets does not have my requirements any more I am looking for another supplier who can supply these in the size of 60cm x 90cm. Hope you can help with this problem. Thanking you.
Hello Kathy, Thanks for your enquiry. The Depend range have a range of incontinence bed sheets and protectors. Visit the depend professional webs...
Category: Natural changes
Answered about 1 year ago
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If I reduce the amount of water I drink, will that help me not have any wetting accidents?
Not at all. The less fluid that you drink, directly affects the strength the bladder muscle, lessening it. This in turn, results in increasing...
Category: Mothers
Answered over 3 years ago
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do you make poise pads for bowel incontenence
Poise pads are specifically designed for light bladder leakage rather than bowel incontinence. For products suitable for bowel incontinence, you ma...
Category: Natural changes
Answered about 1 year ago
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I have taken Zoloft 150mg for the past 15 years and suffer urge incontinence. Could the medication have any effect on my problem?
Urinary Incontinence is not a common side effect of Zoloft and it appears to me that as you have been taking it for quite a while but it hasn’t see...
Category: Mothers
Answered over 2 years ago