A urinary catheter tube drains urine from your bladder. You may need a catheter because you have urinary incontinence (leakage), urinary retention (not being able to urinate), prostate problems, or surgery that made it necessary. Clean intermittent catheterization can be done using clean techniques. In medicine, a catheter is a thin tube made from medical grade materials serving a broad range of functions. Catheters are medical devices that can be inserted in the body to treat diseases or perform a surgical procedure. Insertion and removal of poorly lubricated catheters causes friction between the urethral walls and the device surface, which is not only painful for the patient, but upon regular use can lead to damage and narrowing of the urethra, bleeding and infection, she adds. Double gulp.
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