This course covers how a spinal cord injury can affect bladder and bowel function, aiming to provide you with knowledge on how to manage bladder and bowel care in SCI.
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The majority of individuals with spinal cord injury experience significant symptoms related to neurogenic bowel dysfunction, e.g. 42% experience constipation and as many as 77% experience faecal incontinence.
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The descending colon and the rectum are the final stage of the human intestine system. Normally the rectum is relatively empty. Stools do not enter the rectum continuously, but as mass movements.
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Neurogenic bladder dysfunction is a disorder of the lower urinary tract created by damage to, or diseases of the nervous system.
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Autonomic dysreflexia (AD) is an episodic uncontrolled elevation of systolic blood pressure sometimes accompanied by bradycardia. If not managed it can lead to cerebral and spinal hemorrhage, seizures and pulmonary edema.
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Bev Collins, Clinical nurse lead, Wellspect, explains what Autonomic Dysreflexia (AD) is, talks through some of the main causes or triggers of this syndrome and what the symptoms of AD are.
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Debbie Green, spinal cord injury specialist lead, SIA, addresses some of the issues facing someone with a spinal injury with their bladder and bowel care.
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In this summary you can read about what a neurogenic bowel is and goals and recommendations for treatment.
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In this summary you can read about what a neurogenic bowel is and goals and recommendations for treatment.
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Bowel disorders are common in conditions affecting the nervous system, such as spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, spina bifida and severe Parkinson’s disease, and have great impact on self-esteem, personal relationships and social life.
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Learn more about what cauda equina syndrome is, its effects on bladder and bowel, and how to manage bladder and bowel symptoms in cauda equina.
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