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The majority of individuals with SCI experience significant symptoms related to neurogenic bowel dysfunction. For example, 42% experience constipation and as many as 77% experience fecal incontinence.

Catheterization is perhaps one of the oldest urological procedures, dating back thousands of years ago. Using a urinary catheter is necessary when there is urine left in the bladder that cannot be emptied through normal voiding.

The Urinary System is responsible for the eliminating of waste and extra fluid in the body, by making and excreting urine.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a lifelong neurological condition that affects the nerves in the brain and spinal cord, the central nervous system. Not all people will experience the same symptoms.

Neurogenic bladder is a disorder of the lower urinary tract created by damage to or diseases of the nervous system.

Overflow incontinence is the involuntary loss of urine when the bladder is unable to empty properly due to a bladder outflow obstruction (BOO) or an underactive detrusor muscle (UAB). These symptoms are often described as lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS).

Urinary tract infections (UTI) occur when bacteria have a chance to multiply and attach to the mucous membrane of the bladder, the medical term is cystitis. When a urinary tract infection affects the upper urinary tract, kidneys and/or the kidney pelvic, the infection is usually referred to as pyelonephritis.

The urinary system is responsible for the eliminating of waste and extra fluid in the body, by making and excreting urine.

Illness, aging or injury, can lead to loss of bladder control by impacting the bladder’s ability to store and empty urine.

The Urinary System is responsible for the eliminating of waste and extra fluid in the body, by making and excreting urine.

The bladder is a hollow muscular organ in the pelvis, just above and behind the pubic bone. The bladder has two main functions which are the storage and emptying of urine.

The LoFric product range can provide solutions for easy and safe intermittent catheterization no matter how different patient needs are.