The Advice Section
This section contains articles on long-term catheters, their maintenance, and the sorts of problems that commonly occur with this method of bladder management. These will be of most interest to catheter users and health professionals, but may help academics or businesses involved in this field.
You will find information on, for example, the extremely common problem of
catheter blockage due to catheter
encrustation, and catheter bypassing due to
bladder spasm. In some cases, more detailed articles on the science behind
these problems can be found in the knowledge section.
Bladder Management after Spinal Cord Injury
Please use the link here to download the Guide
to Bladder Management after Spinal Cord Injury. This guideline has been produced by the Spinal
Injuries Association.
Disclaimer
Please note that these articles are provided for information purposes, and constitute the opinions of the BioMed Centre team only as applied in a general fashion. The practices of other health care professionals may differ, and the needs of any specific catheter user may require alteration to the management regimes described here. No individual should consider changing their management without first personally consulting a qualified health care professional.
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