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What can be done about female incontinence?
Diet modifications: Eliminating bladder irritants, such as caffeine, alcohol and citrus fruits. Pelvic muscle rehabilitation (to improve pelvic muscle tone and prevent leakage): Kegel exercises: Regular, daily exercising of pelvic muscles can improve, and even prevent, urinary incontinence.
Which type of medication is used to reduce the constant urge to urinate?
Anticholinergic medications include: Oxybutynin (Ditropan XL, Oxytrol) Tolterodine (Detrol) Darifenacin (Enablex)
What does it mean when a woman can’t hold her urine?
Urinary incontinence is usually caused by problems with the muscles and nerves that help the bladder hold or pass urine. Certain health events unique to women, such as pregnancy, childbirth, and menopause, can cause problems with these muscles and nerves. Other causes of urinary incontinence include: Overweight.
How do you make your period smell good?
This can be as simple as making sure you change tampons, liners, or pads every few hours. Daily showers are also important, and you can help prevent period odors by cleaning the outside of your vagina only. Deodorizing products, such as wipes and sprays, aren’t recommended because of the possibility of irritation.
Where does period blood come from?
The menstrual blood—which is partly blood and partly tissue from the inside of the uterus—flows from the uterus through the cervix and out of the body through the vagina.
What drug makes you pee yourself?
Diuretics, also known as water pills, stimulate the kidneys to expel unneeded water and salt from your tissues and bloodstream into the urine. Getting rid of excess fluid makes it easier for your heart to pump. There are a number of diuretic drugs, but one of the most common is furosemide (Lasix®).
What drugs relax the bladder?
The most commonly prescribed drugs to relax the bladder and prevent spasms are called anticholinergics. They include tolterodine tartrate (Detrol LA), oxybutynin chloride (Ditropan), darifenacin (Enablex), oxybutynin (Oxytrol), trospium chloride (Sanctura XR), and solifenacin (Vesicare).