... requires maintaining healthy bowels as well. Constipation and impaction are both contributors to urinary incontinence, so maintaining bowel continence is important on many different levels. Few people ever spend much time thinking about their bowels unless they are not working properly. So it might be a good idea to understand how your bowels work, and what you can do to keep them healthy before you have problems.
If your body could not get rid of waste from its system you would eventually become septic and get very ill. Your body has a mechanism to get rid of any waste in its system, and it is the lower part of the digestive tract or bowels. The colon, or the large intestine, stores liquid waste and keeps it moving towards the rectum. While in the colon excess liquid is removed from the waste material until it eventually forms a stool consistency. As this stool consistency is completed there is a sphincter located below the rectum that opens to let the stool pass. Once the stool has passed into the anal canal, nerve endings stimulate the brain to let it know that it needs to trigger a bowel movement. Then, when you decide the time is appropriate the brain allows the external sphincter to relax while contracting the stomach muscles allowing the stool to pass from the body. Once toilet training is complete this process does not ever get much thought unless it is not working properly.
There are some things that you can do to help maintain your bowel continence, and the secret to maintaining a healthy bowel is voiding regularly. To help achieve this goal eat a healthy diet, which is high in fiber and make sure to drink plenty of liquids. Watch your weight and take care not to gain excess weight. Exercise regularly to keep all of the muscles in your body toned. By maintaining a healthy bowel you will contribute to your overall health, and you will keep you bowels and urinary system healthy.
However, if you do have a problem where your bowel continence is not functioning properly, then you will want to make sure to work closely with your doctor to identify the cause of the problem. To help manage your continence problem, you will want to find continence products that work for you and your situation. DryForLife helps you identify and select the appropriate protection for your needs. All of the products can be ordered from the comfort of your own home and delivered right to your front door. Having the proper incontinence products makes managing any type of continence problem much easier.
Showing posts with label inflammatory bowel disease symptoms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label inflammatory bowel disease symptoms. Show all posts
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Feline IBD, also known as Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Can cause not only severe diarrhea in your cat, but severe vomiting as well. This can lead to a very rapid dehydration in your cat, and if it is not treated, could very quickly threaten your pet's life. Cats of all ages are subject to this disease but it most often affects middle aged or older cats.
This is a condition in your cat that may never be cured, but it can be controlled.
Feline IBD is also a very frustrating disease simply because there may be so many different causes and treating it involves a lot of trial and error. However, there are several natural remedies that can help with this inflammation until the correct cause can be found.
IBD is a condition in your cat where the stomach or the intestine is chronically attacked by inflammatory cells. In some cases in may be both. These cells are associated with inflammation and may be caused by an infection or in some cases, an injury. There may be four different inflammatory cells that may be causing this condition and all of them will have to be tested to find the actual cause.
The first set of cells include lymphocytes and plasmacytes, which are the cells that have the responsibly of protecting your cats immune system. It will be extremely important to have these tested very carefully, as they accumulate only in the gastrointestinal tract if the actual result is Feline IBD. However, if they spread to the liver, they can cause hepatitis and if spread to the pancreas, they cause pancreatitis.
Eosinophils are the second set of cells that may be producing the inflammation. If these cells are infected, the inflammation is usually more severe. This is a type of white blood cells that are most commonly associated with allergic reactions or with parasitism. If infected, they are especially dangerous as they circulate in the blood and can infiltrate your cat's tissues.
The next set of cells are called neutrophils and these cells hold the responsibility for destroying the attacks from bacteria and well as cleaning up any damaged tissues. Because of their role in fighting bacteria, they will have to be tested for and ruled out in finding the correct treatment. The final type of cell is a fibrous scar like tissue that will occur as a result of chronic inflammation. However, this is very rare in cats.
It will be very important to determine which type of cell is actually attacking your cat's intestine to properly identify the type of bowel disease that your cat has. However, what makes Feline IBD so frustrating is that the actual cause is unknown. It can be caused by hereditary issues, infections, or some type of weakness in your pet's immune system. But in the majority of cases it is your cat's diet.
This is a condition in your cat that may never be cured, but it can be controlled.
Feline IBD is also a very frustrating disease simply because there may be so many different causes and treating it involves a lot of trial and error. However, there are several natural remedies that can help with this inflammation until the correct cause can be found.
IBD is a condition in your cat where the stomach or the intestine is chronically attacked by inflammatory cells. In some cases in may be both. These cells are associated with inflammation and may be caused by an infection or in some cases, an injury. There may be four different inflammatory cells that may be causing this condition and all of them will have to be tested to find the actual cause.
The first set of cells include lymphocytes and plasmacytes, which are the cells that have the responsibly of protecting your cats immune system. It will be extremely important to have these tested very carefully, as they accumulate only in the gastrointestinal tract if the actual result is Feline IBD. However, if they spread to the liver, they can cause hepatitis and if spread to the pancreas, they cause pancreatitis.
Eosinophils are the second set of cells that may be producing the inflammation. If these cells are infected, the inflammation is usually more severe. This is a type of white blood cells that are most commonly associated with allergic reactions or with parasitism. If infected, they are especially dangerous as they circulate in the blood and can infiltrate your cat's tissues.
The next set of cells are called neutrophils and these cells hold the responsibility for destroying the attacks from bacteria and well as cleaning up any damaged tissues. Because of their role in fighting bacteria, they will have to be tested for and ruled out in finding the correct treatment. The final type of cell is a fibrous scar like tissue that will occur as a result of chronic inflammation. However, this is very rare in cats.
It will be very important to determine which type of cell is actually attacking your cat's intestine to properly identify the type of bowel disease that your cat has. However, what makes Feline IBD so frustrating is that the actual cause is unknown. It can be caused by hereditary issues, infections, or some type of weakness in your pet's immune system. But in the majority of cases it is your cat's diet.
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