Good bladder habits for all

Good bladder habits for all (Best Urologist in Bhopal )

Keep good bowel habits

  • Keep your pelvic floor muscles physically powerful with pelvic floor muscle training.
  • See a continence physiotherapist or continence nurse advisor to make sure that you are training your pelvic floor muscles the right way.

Drink plenty of water

  • keep away from constipation
  • Do not strain when using your bowels. This puts extra load onto your pelvic floor muscles and may weaken the muscles. The pelvic floor muscles help with bladder and bowel control.
  • Eat two pieces of fruit and five serves of vegetables daily.
  • Keep active. Physical activity helps to keep your bowels usual.

Look after your pelvic floor muscle

  • Fluid is everything you drink. Fluid includes milk, juice and soup. The best fluid to drink is water.
  • Cut down on how much caffeine and alcohol you drink. These may upset your bladder. There is caffeine in chocolate, coffee and tea. Avoid fizzy drinks which enclose caffeine. These include cola and sports drinks.

Do you

  • Drink less than cups of water per day?
  • Go to toilet “Just in case”?
  • Wet yourself when you cough, laugh, sneeze or exercise?
  • Strain to pass urine?
  • Go to toilet more than 8 times in a day?
  • Get up night to pass urine more than twice?

 

Good bladder habits are

  • Try to go only when your bladder is full and when you need to go.
  • Don’t go to toilet “Just in case” as this may result in small capacity (unless you are going on a long trip or just before bed). Normal bladder should be able to hold up to 400-500ml of urine.
  • Take time to empty your bladder so that it empties completely.
  • Being in a rush may lead to incomplete emptying and predispose you to urinary infection.
  • Maintain a good fluid intake, 8 glasses water or 2 to 3 liters per day.
  • Maintain good pelvic floor muscle tone.

 

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