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Bladder catheter
Bladder catheterization (insertion of drainage tube)
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
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A 30-year old asked:
What's a Foley bladder catheter?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Signs of bladder catheter coming out?
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A 40-year old asked:
How long does post bladder catheter pain last after they take out the catheter?
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A 29-year old asked:
Is bleeding normal after getting bladder catheter?
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A 37-year old asked:
Is it normal to have bleeding from a bladder catheter?
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A 78-year old male asked:
What is the full procedure for monthly replacement of pigtail suprapubic catheter. bladder wont fully empty without a catheter. a link to a website is fine with me. given the restrictions on healthtap.maybe switch to foley that can be replace locally?
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A 52-year old female asked:
Training the bladder with a Foley catheter?
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A 52-year old female asked:
What are the recommendations for retraining the bladder with a Foley catheter before discontinuing the catheter?
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A 44-year old asked:
How do blood clots form in the bladder after a Foley catheter is inserted?
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A 38-year old female asked:
2day Father had surgery removed cyst from bladder. In pain has catheter is pain normal. Can't urinate as well is pain from surgery or catheter? .
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A 60-year old male asked:
Elder under hospice, has high fever due to bladder infection due to catheter, will his being under hospice result in nothing being done for him?
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A 76-year old female asked about a 51-year old female:
For how long can a stroke patient have a catheter? His bladder is being washed out because of blood clots and he has a UTI. Can this reoccur again?
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A 60-year old male asked:
Frail elderly male with high fever, suspect is bladder infection due to catheter. What is Tx and how long will he need the catheter? Prostate issue.
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A 35-year old female asked:
How long is catheter necessary after a nicked bladder?
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A 36-year old asked:
What causes bladder spasms if I have a suprapubic catheter?
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A 45-year old male asked:
If i wear a , Foley catheter for a long time will it cause my bladder to srink. An become weK to wherr i will have no control in holding my urinen?
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A 28-year old male asked:
How long does it take to heal after bladder surgery? From remove a complication Foley catheter in male.
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A 45-year old male asked:
Will weRing a Foley catheter for a couple months weaken my bladder to where i can lose control of it . how long will it take to damadge the bladder?
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A 66-year old male asked:
When they insert a catheter how do they determine that the catheter is in the bladder when they inflate the balloon?
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A 51-year old female asked:
I'm having a hysterectomy and a bladder lift done with the da Vinci arm at the same time. Will I have to go home with a catheter?
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A member asked:
Is an enema bag with the tube good for bladder enema? Or does it have to have a catheter? Ones that are use specifically for that.
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A 39-year old female asked:
Scheduled for hysterectomy, is a catheter always used, for how long? How high is the risk of bladder and intestinal complications?
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A 78-year old male asked:
I have to wear a catheter. i have a nearly 3litre bladder. if i have a catheter valve instead of bags, can i just empty the bladder before bed every day. no bags?
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A 44-year old female asked:
If I had gotten bladder punctured and am wearing a catheter but show no blood in pee and no pain is ok to remove catheter?
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A 78-year old male asked:
Adult males have time limit when if you do not pee it is time for a catheter etc. what is the time limit with a 2.8liter bladder? local DR do not seem to know. the worlds best docs do not come here?
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A 58-year old female asked:
After having catheter removed and doing self catheter 3 times a day I am now coning on my own about every 30 min at 100mm is th i had my wall and a prolapsed bladder surgery on the 20th of oct. Just had 3 week check up and finally took out catheter and l
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A 37-year old male asked:
Is it possible recurrent UTI's are caused by sex and intermittent cathetering pushing bacteria into the bladder?
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A 60-year old female asked:
This week I am having trouble emptying my bladder. Would it be advisable to ask an urgent care doctor to use catheter to empty it?
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A 53-year old male asked:
I have a catheter put in my bladder due to unable to pee, is it normal that I still have strong urge to pee even with the catheter in place?
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A 25-year old male asked:
If i drink a bottle of water after how much time i can insert catheter to empty my bladder, have a neurogenic bladder and have to go in every 5-10 mins?
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