INCONTINENCE
GETTING TO GRIPS WITH INCONTINENCE
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WILL EXPERIENCE BLADDER WEAKNESS SOMETIME IN THEIR LIVES, BUT, DESPITE BEING COMMON, INCONTINENCE IS A SOURCE OF SERIOUS EMBARRASSMENT FOR BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, HAVING A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THEIR LIVES.
P 18 - SCOTTISH PHARMACIST
harmacists and technicians are no strangers to handling queries about “embarrassing” problems, making them ideally
placed to offer customers practical advice about managing incontinence issues and put them at ease. However, in order to give good advice, it’s vital to get to grips with the symptoms and causes of incontinence, what products are available on the market
to manage the condition, and keep your knowledge up to date through continuing professional development.
HOW COMMON IS INCONTINENCE? Estimates of the prevalence of urinary incontinence (UI) in the UK vary widely, due to different definitions, and because many people are simply too embarrassed to admit to having
a problem at all. In Scotland alone, it’s estimated that between 210,000 and 335,000 adults live with some sort of UI problem (5-9% of the adult population). In general, urinary incontinence is two to three times as common in women as in men.1 Prevalence increases with age, with an estimated 46% of women and 34% of men aged over 80 years affected. What’s more concerning is
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