Elderly women have several troubles in the toilet

Elderly women have several troubles in the toilet

Chief physician of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shen Yang Hospital affiliated to Southeast University

Older, many women are prone to embarrassment when the toilet, the following inventory of several common situations and countermeasures.

Acute urinary tract infection. This is a common urinary disease in elderly women, poor resistance, overwork is easy to cause acute urinary tract infection. This is also related to the physiological structure of women, the urethra is short and straight, bacteria are easy to breed and with the urethral upward infection. Old people pay attention not to overwork, drink more water, to avoid inflammation.

Outlet obstruction type constipation. Always feel the stool stuck in the anus door, may have the export obstruction type constipation. The disease is often manifested as stool discharge difficulties, inexhaustible, anus has a sense of blockage, falling feeling and so on. The most common type is rectal protrusion, which is more common in older women and is associated with vaginal dilation during production. Some patients can achieve satisfactory results through surgery.

Stress urinary incontinence. This is a common disease in adult women, 23%~45% women have different degrees of urinary incontinence, about 7% have obvious symptoms of urinary incontinence, of which about 50% is stress urinary incontinence. Stress urinary incontinence is associated with age, fertility, pelvic organ prolapse, obesity and racial and genetic factors. After the onset of symptoms, the patient should be treated early. Common treatment methods are conservative treatment, surgical treatment and drug treatment. Stress urinary incontinence does not heal itself, and symptoms increase as you age. When conservative treatment effect is not poor, should choose surgical treatment.

Female bladder neck obstruction. The disease is mainly manifested as urination difficulties and lower urinary tract irritation symptoms, serious can cause urinary retention, hydronephrosis. The majority of elderly patients, the older the age, the higher the incidence. The possibility of bladder neck obstruction should be considered when women above middle age have difficulty in having sexual urination.The treatment of bladder neck obstruction in women is divided into conservative treatment and surgical treatment. Conservative treatment is more suitable for functional female bladder neck obstruction patients, as well as the clinical symptoms of light, the symptoms are heavier, the duration of the elderly must be surgical treatment. Female bladder neck obstruction is easy to lead to recurrent infection, early surgery is conducive to prevent further damage to bladder detrusor muscle, kidney function.