Urinary tract infections to the order of the day.

Madrid, January 2013- the presence of urinary tract infections is a recurring reality in the consultations. Febrile episodes, with or without urinary symptoms, itching and small loss of blood in the urine, pressing need to pee with minimum amounts of urine, are treated in emergency and labeled as uit (Transurethral infections).

In the outpatient clinic we observed the growth of the phenomenon in geometric progression in recent years. The woman is the candidate to the condition by excellence, without discarding the man but to a much greater extent. It affects from an early age, in particular puberales, to older women, including late or very late ages.

The King of urinary germs is the e. Coli, usually present in the intestine, and that by neighbourhood and ease of transmission towards the bladder area, colonizes urine, be a very appealing means for the Escherichia, where turns into pathogen. It also has uncommon resistance characteristics, since change its sensitivity to antibiotics, being difficult to eradicate.

The cultivation of the urine analysis, begins to be frequent testing, since we need the bacterial identification and its antibiogram. The recurring presence of the illness against the strategies developed by general practitioners, internists, urologists and gynecologists is very common.

Doctor Pedro Tormo, spokesman of the National Observatory of incontinence (ONI), emphasis on hygiene, especially rectal, changing cleaning habits (never from behind forward, but backward) prevention protocols (not keep too long the urine in the bladder, the bladder emptying without haste and in its entirety, the sequential use of cranberry(, treatments in repetitive cycles of monthly antibiotic treatment, special care with wet underwear, swimming pools) and naturally the realization of crops for the identification of the germ, before giving therapy, always as possible.

what is the National Observatory of incontinence?

The National Observatory of incontinence (ONI) is the first plural, multidisciplinary character and entity reference centre of urinary incontinence in Spain. The ONI is the link between the different social sectors involved in disease: patients and their relatives, health professionals, management, and other stakeholders.

With the patient as central objective, the ONI seeks humanize ” mainstreaming discussions and considerations in dealing with this pathological condition, also advocating for an improvement of the health care quality through the principles of quality of life, freedom of choice and sustainability of the health system.

The Observatory is composed of a group permanent members, all opinion leaders in the field, covering from different perspectives all social groups and medical specialties, and whose purpose is the provide the maximum added value to discussions within the Agency. It also has the endorsement of numerous scientific societies and associations.

SCA promotes the Observatory

SCA Hygiene Products S.L. is the promoter of this initiative. Represents a path of innovation in products and services from nearly a century of existence. Absorbents of SCA, marketed with brands much solvency in the sector as for example TENA Lady, TENA Pants, TENA Men or TENA Bed are present in more than 90 countries and are considered a benchmark in quality.

The plurality that addresses topics SCA, is the result of the integral and integrating vision from his leadership. With this same spirit has encouraged similar initiatives in other countries, as for example in Italy with the Fondazione Italiana Continenza which is a patron or in France with the Institut TENA which is its maximum impeller.