Fitting a Urinary Sheath

You are not alone, many thousands of people live active lives managing their bladder problem with an indwelling catheter. There are a number of medical conditions that may lead to bladder problems, which may then result in the need for catheterisation.

Bladder problems are much more common than you would expect. There are lots of men, women and children who have such a problem and use Intermittent Self Catheterisation (ISC) as a way to help them lead a normal life

Bladder issues are much more common than you would expect. There are many men, women and children who experience them and use Intermittent Self Catheterisation (ISC) as a way to help them lead a normal life.

With a little bit of work, bladder retraining can reduce the number of times that you have to pass urine during the day and give you more independence. It can also help reduce leakage and that `urgent' need to go to the toilet.

The need to exercise the pelvic floor muscles is not always apparent until women experience bladder problems following childbirth, or men report difficulties following surgery on their prostate or bladder. Our leaflet is designed to assist you in helping yourself, whether you are male or female, whatever your age.