Incontinence and retention are completely opposite problems – simply put, incontinence makes it hard to hold urine, while retention makes it hard to expel urine. But when you are experiencing retention, it may prevent you from emptying your bladder completely. Your body continues to produce more urine than you’re expelling on every visit to the toilet. Eventually, the build-up of urine in the bladder goes over your bladder’s capacity to hold it—resulting in urine leakage usually associated with incontinence, as well as potentially dangerous backflow to the kidneys or bladder muscle damage. The good news is whether leakage is due to retention or incontinence, it can be helped quickly and easily with selfcatheterisation. Self-catheterising with LoFric helps you make sure the bladder is completely drained, preventing an over-full bladder and the leakage and health problems it can cause.
