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Tips for Treatment and Care

Incontinence Management Archive

Modern incontinence products provide high fluid absorption capacity with a smaller product volume  
Incontinence products with highly absorbent synthetic granules can hold much more urine than cellulose products. In addition, they are more comfortable to wear than the thick cellulose products.

Toilet training can prevent involuntary loss of urine  
In many cases, toilet training can help improve bladder control using a toilet diary. Incontinence products provide added safety to those affected.

Compression Management Archive

Tips for the application of a compression bandage  
When applying a compression bandage some general principles should be followed.

Treatment of the underlying disease  
To enable a chronic wound to heal, the cause triggering wound formation must be removed. The most frequent diseases which trigger chronic wounds are venous and arterial disturbed blood circulation as well as diabetes mellitus.

Wound Management Archive

Wound dressing provides important information for the healing process  
Analyzing color, odor, weight and distribution of fluid on the used wound dressing allows one to draw conclusions on the wound healing process. This makes it easier to choose the right wound dressing.

Debridement procedure for wound cleansing  
Dead tissue and coatings jeopardize wound healing. Primarily necroses provide an ideal culture medium for bacteria and thus the foundation for an infection. Therefore efficient debridement must be carried out.