Care and Mobility Considerations

Most congenital abnormalities of the urinary tract are diagnosed at birth and they are all correctable either by treatment or by surgery.

For example, reflux is treated in children by long- term antibiotics. They may also grow out of it or the ureters are re-implanted by operative procedure.

Many conditions are treatable or surgically correctable where relevant.

If a person is mentally competent, and has normal use of his/ her limbs, urinary incontinence, and other conditions such as stricture can be managed by self- catheterisation, intermittent catheterisation, indwelling catheter with a bag (via the urethra or suprapubic) and/ or the use of incontinence pads.

The only situations in which care / mobility needs may be appropriate are:

• Functional incontinence caused by a severe mental health condition such as dementia or severe psychosis.
• Advanced cancer of the prostate or bladder, for example. Click on the links for details of Bladder cancer and Prostate cancer.

Amended June 2008