Incontinence is defined as the inability to control the bodily evacuative functions of urination or defecation. Incontinence can involve the loss of normal control of the bladder (called urinary incontinence) or the bowel (called bowel or fecal incontinence). Incontinence is not as uncommon a problem as people perceive it to be. Unfortunately, most people are not cognizant of this issue until this symptom affects them directly. It is reported that victims of incontinence have a tendency to feel embarrassed or ashamed and try to deal with this issue on their own.
Causes of Incontinence
Incontinence is a symptom. Contrary to what people think, incontinence is not a disease. Individuals become victims to urinary or bowel incontinence due to a problem that exists within their body. There are numerous reasons for causing incontinence which include: damage to nervous system, abnormality in prostate glands, weakening of the bladder muscles, diseases, among others. If you are experiencing urinary or bowel incontinence, it is important to seek medical advice so your doctor can diagnose the cause.
To understand the cause of incontinence in men and women, let us examine how our body normally excretes waste. The kidneys continuously work to process blood and remove waste. This waste is mixed with extra water to form urine and is stored in the bladder. As for solid waste, the formulation of stool occurs in the large intestines, also referred to as the colon. The large intestine primarily forms solid waste by absorbing water from any undigested food. The stool stored is then stored in the rectum. As the bladder or rectum fills with waste, the nervous system signals that there is need to use the restroom. Simply put, the kidneys, large intestines, bladder, rectum, and nervous system play a cooperative role in the bodily excretory process. If a problem exists in any of these organs, our body may not be able to excrete waste as it should and possibly cause incontinence to occur.
Recognized causes of urinary and bowel incontinence affecting men and women are as follows:
Normal Aging. As we get older our bodies steadily degenerate as part of the aging process. It takes longer to recover from strenuous exercise compared to our teen years, our skin complexion is not as soft as a child’s, and our joints are not what they used to be… you get the point. It is normal that with age, our organs, including the brain, will get weaker. For this reason, incontinence is more prevalent in older generations.
Parkinson's Disease.
Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative disorder that breaks down control of motor skills and muscle movement. Parkinson’s disease affects the central nervous system and is commonly recognized by muscle tremors of the limbs while resting. Parkinson’s disease prevents the brain from effectively sending messages throughout the body. Not all victims of Parkinson’s disease have symptoms of incontinence as this typically appears in later stages of the disease progression.
Neurological Diseases. Any disease that affects the nervous system, like Parkinson’s disease, can cause incontinence. The primary reason Multiple Sclerosis is a disease where the body’s immune system attacks its own central nervous system. As the nervous system breaks down, the body is unable to function properly.
Abnormal Excretory Glands. There is a delicate balance to how excretory glands function and if one fails then incontinence can occur. Even surgery can result in one of the organs not functioning properly.
Although there are different causes to incontinence, it is not life threatening and many adults are still able to continue their lifestyle with some adjustments. There is a big fear with incontinence victims that an accident may occur at any time making isolation and depression a common symptom. Talking with your doctor will reveal treatment options available, exercises to minimize occurrence, and even product recommendations so a continued lifestyle is possible with adult incontinence.
Source: Google (http://www.whatisincontinence.com) with some editing by Beyuo John Paul.
Thursday 15 September 2011
RAIN FALL IN UPPER WEST
It is becoming evident on us that the ecological-system is changing rapidly as a result of greenhouse emissions and pollutions. Governments are making strenuous efforts at cutting greenhouse emission, but is it serious enough to reduce the level at which it has reached?
This issue is having a toll on the underprivileged in society, including me the writer who happens to come from the north-western part of Ghana where there is underdevelopment. It is no secret that the difference between the north and the south is so vast that the northerners have always wished that they could equally have had the opportunity of having the fertile land, forest vegetation and so on and so forth, so that their passion for farming could be realised.
During the early days as we were growing up, between February and March, our farms were cleared and immediately after Easter, the farms were planted and by May/June people could see green vegetation very visibly scattered about everywhere. But now it has changed! This year for instance, the first rains came in around Mid-June there about and started raining seriously in July. But it used to be that by August, people had the opportunity to "chase away hunger" because they had fresh corn, vegetables, and many more which helped them to stand on their feet. Now it is no longer like that and as at July people were still ploughing and planting their farm lands. Even as at August, others were still 'Transplanting' their seedlings.
It is therefore important that people are educated on the importance of "preserving nature" and in trying to do everything possible to reduce pollution, degradation, deforestation and greenhouse emission.
The importation of very very old Vehicles, Computers, TV's, Fridges and even footwear must be seriously looked at and dealt with. In Accra, I live close to a place where whoever it is that I do not know, has piles of used footwear (and it gives a very bad stench), which is burnt periodically for metal hooks and whatever they have been looking for from them, are searched for and collected, at the peril of the lives of those who despite the health hazards the smoke poses to them is ignored, either knowingly or unknowingly. All these contribute to the strange diseases we are suffering from and yet people do not seem to care a hook about anything in anyway.
That is why I have decided to raise this issue on this platform because whatever happens in Accra will eventually transcend itself upnorth and have effect on my people.
Equally, my people should be educated on the essence of preserving nature by doing well not to cut down the trees, do bush burning and anything that cause the aforementioned disasters. And that is why the Paramount Chief of Nandom will punish anyone caught in bush burning which has been implemented in my village just one kilometer away from the Nandom township (Goziir), where no one ventures into bush burning. This is an event that should be replicated everywhere and enforced. We should encourage people to plant trees and replenish whatever we have destroyed in one way or the other.
Is it not true and important? Then share it.
Thanks for reading.
This issue is having a toll on the underprivileged in society, including me the writer who happens to come from the north-western part of Ghana where there is underdevelopment. It is no secret that the difference between the north and the south is so vast that the northerners have always wished that they could equally have had the opportunity of having the fertile land, forest vegetation and so on and so forth, so that their passion for farming could be realised.
During the early days as we were growing up, between February and March, our farms were cleared and immediately after Easter, the farms were planted and by May/June people could see green vegetation very visibly scattered about everywhere. But now it has changed! This year for instance, the first rains came in around Mid-June there about and started raining seriously in July. But it used to be that by August, people had the opportunity to "chase away hunger" because they had fresh corn, vegetables, and many more which helped them to stand on their feet. Now it is no longer like that and as at July people were still ploughing and planting their farm lands. Even as at August, others were still 'Transplanting' their seedlings.
It is therefore important that people are educated on the importance of "preserving nature" and in trying to do everything possible to reduce pollution, degradation, deforestation and greenhouse emission.
The importation of very very old Vehicles, Computers, TV's, Fridges and even footwear must be seriously looked at and dealt with. In Accra, I live close to a place where whoever it is that I do not know, has piles of used footwear (and it gives a very bad stench), which is burnt periodically for metal hooks and whatever they have been looking for from them, are searched for and collected, at the peril of the lives of those who despite the health hazards the smoke poses to them is ignored, either knowingly or unknowingly. All these contribute to the strange diseases we are suffering from and yet people do not seem to care a hook about anything in anyway.
That is why I have decided to raise this issue on this platform because whatever happens in Accra will eventually transcend itself upnorth and have effect on my people.
Equally, my people should be educated on the essence of preserving nature by doing well not to cut down the trees, do bush burning and anything that cause the aforementioned disasters. And that is why the Paramount Chief of Nandom will punish anyone caught in bush burning which has been implemented in my village just one kilometer away from the Nandom township (Goziir), where no one ventures into bush burning. This is an event that should be replicated everywhere and enforced. We should encourage people to plant trees and replenish whatever we have destroyed in one way or the other.
Is it not true and important? Then share it.
Thanks for reading.
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