Treatment for Incontinence

Urinary incontinence (U.I.) can be treated using medical and non-medical methods.  Medical treatments can range from medication to surgery while non-medical methods typically include diet modification, pelvic floor exercises or biofeedback Perhaps the most effective alternative to treating UI is electrical stimulation.

Electrical Stimulation

Electrical stimulation has been used for centuries to treat a variety of clinical conditions.  In this method, electrical signals typically generated either consciously or subconsciously by the brain to accomplish functional tasks such as hand and leg motion, digestion and urination are artificially generated and applied producing similar results

The principal idea of electrical stimulation as applied to improved bladder function is based on the fact that our body generates electrical stimuli that activate the Bladder muscles.

Artificially generated electrical current can also stimulate the Urethral Sphincters and the Detrusor.

Bladder stimulation has been a clinical research topic for more than a century. Researchers around the world have conducted multiple experimentation protocols for different conditions. Excellent results have been documented in various countries including treatment of normal bladder aging and other more serious conditions such as dysfunctional bladders in Paraplegic or Quadriplegic patients.

Saxtorph treated urinary retention by inserting a special catheter transurethrally into the bladder. In 1959 Katona et al. described their technique of intraluminal (catheter directly inside the bladder) electrotherapy, initially designed for the treatment of a paralytic gastrointestinal tract. Katona used this method extensively for the treatment of neurogenic bladder dysfunction. Subsequently, American and European Urology Specialists have developed various electrotherapy methods for specific conditions.

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