Taking Control of Stoma: A Comprehensive Tutorial on All You Need to Know
This post is dedicated to helping you take control of your stoma. Whether you’re living with a stoma yourself, caring for someone who has one, or simply trying to increase your knowledge, this tutorial is here to provide you with all the information you need.
Living with a stoma can present unique challenges, but with the right guidance and support, you can keep/ regain your confidence and lead a normal, fulfilling life.
Discover everything you need to know about stomas, from the basics to practical tips and emotional support…
Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
The two types of Inflammatory Bowel Disease IBD are Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Ulcerative colitis affects only the colon, while Crohn’s disease affects the small intestine.
Untreated, IBD can lead to other serious health complications, including malnutrition, cancer, and in some cases, even death.
Constipation in Elderly: Elderly Constipation Answers – Signs, Diet, Home Remedies, Solutions
Constipation in elderly people can cause injuries or painfully swollen veins in the anal area. Your bowel pattern depends on your individual diet and body process. However, when it becomes impossible to poop comfortably at your regular pace or routine – and the stools are harder than usual – this is undoubtedly constipation.
Preventing constipation in elderly is highly recommended. And this post shows you how to avoid constipation as an elderly person, treatment for severe constipation in elderly, medications that cause constipation to be mindful of, best foods/ diet, tried and trusted home remedies…
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Elderly Toilet Hygiene, Incontinence, Programmes and Exercises for Complete Bladder and Bowel Health
Elderly Toilet Hygiene is an important toileting issue/ problem for many older adults – keeping your toilet accessible and clean, but also keeping yourself clean, when using the toilet. Urinary, faecal/ bowel incontinence is another major toileting issue in older adults.
This post is all about how to help you, as an elderly person, more easily manage your toileting hygiene and incontinence needs. We discuss issues of incontinence, and how you might go about treating them; elderly urinary retention and toileting programmes such as timed voiding; and exercises to strengthen your bladder/ bowel muscles
We also highlight toilet aids that can make your toilet hygiene easier…