What is Urinary Catheters and how it Drain the Bladder?
Actually urinary catheters are used to drain the bladder. Your health care provider may recommend a catheter for short term or long term use as per the requirement by the people.
Urinary incontinence leakage of urine or the inability to control when you urinate Urinary retention being unable to empty the bladder when you need to Surgery that made a catheter necessary, such as prostate or gynecological surgery Other medical conditions such as multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, or dementia
Catheters come in many sizes, materials latex, silicone, Teflon, and types Foley, straight, coude tip. A Foley catheter, for example, is a soft, plastic or rubber tube that is inserted into the bladder to drain the urine. The condom catheter is generally used by the elder people along with dementia and it is placed over the penis.
In general, the smallest possible catheter will be used. Some people may need larger catheters to control urine leakage around the catheter or if the urine is thick and bloody or contains large amounts of sediment.
An indwelling urinary catheter is one that is left in place in the bladder. Indwelling catheters may be needed for only a short time, or for a long time. These catheters attach to a drainage bag to collect urine. A newer type of catheter has a valve that can be opened to allow urine to flow out, when needed.
If bladder spasms occur or there is no urine in the drainage bag, the catheter may be blocked by blood or thick sediment. Or, there may be a kink in the catheter or drainage tubing. Sometimes spasms are caused by the catheter irritating the bladder. Such spasms can be controlled with medication, although most patients eventually adjust to the irritation and the spasms go away.
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