One of every four Spanish suffers incontinence urinary.
National Congress IL of the Spanish society of rehabilitation and physical medicine (SERMEF).
-Men, the prevalence is 7%
-urine leakage has a huge impact on the quality of life of patients, due to his social and hygienic impact
– occurs in all ages, detecting a gradual increase as age progresses
– this pathology is infradiagnosticada; in most casesis not valued in a multidisciplinary manner, and does not receive comprehensive treatment ”, explain the medical rehabilitation Lourdes Gil Fraguas and Jesús m. ª Rod Paniagua
-specialists participated in the IL National Congress of the Spanish society of rehabilitation and physical medicine (SERMEF), which was held in Toledo from 7 to 10 June last week
Toledo, 2011-June urinary incontinence is a common disease of what many people imagine, and affects more women than men. Indeed, one of four women in Spain (24%) suffers this pathology, compared to 7 per cent of men. although in principle there is no mortality associated, Yes has an important impact on the quality of life, changing the daily life of many of those affected and assuming high direct and indirect costs ”explains Lourdes Gil Fraguas, medical rehabilitative Hospital Universitario de Guadalajara, Jesús m. ª Rod Paniagua, of University Hospital 12 October in Madrid.
Experts participaronn these days in the IL National Congress of the Spanish society of rehabilitation and physical medicine (SERMEF), which was held in Toledo between 7 and 10 June. There, specialists conducted the workshop ‘ urinary incontinence: practical approach of conservative treatment in women ’.
The International Continence Society (ICS) defines the urinary incontinence (UI) as any urine leakage referred to by the patient. This society stresses the major impact of this disease on the quality of life for these patients. Is common, in addition, we find partners urinary incontinence and the alteration or pelvic floor dysfunction, which joined other problems such as fecal incontinence and prolapse of pelvic organs and sexual dysfunctions ”, point specialists.
Lourdes Gil forges and Jesus Maria Vara Paniagua
is a disease occurs in all ages, while it moves progressively with age. Thus, also progressive ageing of the population will grow the prevalence, which, together with the costs, highlights the major current health problem, of greater importance in the future, the UI ”, added the medical rehabilitation.
Currently, rehabilitation is the first choice in the treatment of incontinence, that it has demonstrated the effectiveness of the training of the muscles of the pelvic floor, both UI and other associated diseases. This workshop aims to disseminate the importance of our specialty in this field, increasing the interest in this disease and stimulating the creation of new units ”, provides an overview of the specialists, who added that this disease is infradiagnosticada and in most cases it is not valued in a multidisciplinary way, nor receive comprehensive treatment that requires ”.
During the workshop, the doctors Gil Fraguas and Rod Paniagua showed participants methods of assessment and rehabilitation treatment of urinary incontinence of joint effort and urgency in women. Was an approach of case studies, dynamic and interactive between attendees and speakers, and a practical demonstration of the apparatus of biofeedback and electrostimulation used at this time, as well as different common instruments in conservative treatment of the pathology.
