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QUIZ
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True
or False - Constipation has nothing to do with incontinence.
False - regular bowel movements are very important, and can
help to improve bladder control.
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True
or False - Kegel exercises are pelvic tilts.
False - doing Kegel exercises correctly means contracting
only the pelvic muscles, and relaxing
everything else, including the buttocks which one would tighten
with pelvic tilts.
Pelvic tilts do not necessarily contract the internal pelvic muscles.
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True
or False - Once you have a loss of bladder control, it is too
late to do anything about it.
False - incontinence can almost always be successfully cured,
treated or managed.
Consult your healthcare professional, and browse this web site for
more information.
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True
or False - Incontinence is a "woman’s" issue.
True
and False - incontinence is a significant issue for women, and
affects over twelve million
women in the United States. However Incontinence does also affect
many men. Causes for men include:
the enlargement of the prostate as men age, the consequences of
surgery or medications, or the
results of neurological diseases such as Parkinsons.
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True
or False
- Incontinence is a normal part of aging.
False - First, incontinence should never be considered normal.
Second, incontinence is not a
direct consequence of getting older. However, there are some body
changes which occur with aging
that may contribute to bladder problems, such as the natural enlargement
of the prostate as men age
or the loss of estrogen which women may experience.
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