One of the most worrying aspects for male incontinence is that most men are unaware of the treatments that are available to them. Because male incontinence can be such an embarrassing problem, most men do not seek any help and therefore do not understand that it is in fact treatable. In the United States alone, approximately 5 million men suffer from this disability and out of that number only 10% seek treatment.

The treatment available include medication, surgical and self-treatment. Medication has a very small success rate. If you have received medication for your incontinence problem then you may be familiar with the drugs Detrol, Tafranil,Emselex, and Duloxetine. Many of these drugs have widespread side effects and rarely work because they are designed to suppress incontinence, not cure it. Some of these drugs even weaken the nerve signal so there are no contractions in the bladder; others slow down the rate at which urine is produced, and others interfere with your prostate – which is definitely NOT a good idea.

Surgical treatment is not much better. Doctors will be quick to recommend this treatment to you, yet the research suggest that the results do not support this is decision. In fact surgery can actually make things worse for you and increase your level of incontinence.

The most significant treatment by far has been shown to be self-treatment. Self-treatment involves working from the inside out unlike conventional medicine which works from the outside only. Statistics from self-treatment have shown improvement in 87% of cases, with relapse in the other 13% occurring because of the lack of adherence to the program.

Another huge benefit is that through self-treatment you do not have to tell anybody about your problem, and you can cure yourself whenever you want. There are zero side effects to self treatment and you can try it in the comfort of your own home. Whichever method you choose however, I would just urge you to try something. Don’t continue to live your life with this problem. Seek out help and you will earn that male incontinence is very treatable indeed.

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Incontinence pads can be used for many levels of incontinence:

Pads for light to moderate incontinence, Pads for moderate to severe incontinence includes larger shaped pads and all-in-One pads are also suitable for moderate to severe incontinence when ease of use is also important.

Everything above is good for on the move and at night but also look into mattress protectors etc.. for the night.

Hope this helps.

I have a son in the Autism Spectrum as well, he wasn’t 100% potty trained until he was almost 12.
Hang in there and best of luck.

very professional.

I know a bunch of people who have overcome theirincontinence with it.

Need to go to someone who has experience and additional education in this area. It is definately a speciality.

If it’s a guy having that problem, they should have their prostrate checked right away, because it can be a symptom of prostate cancer or some other serious condition, it happened to one of my friends who was only 16.

***This is what’s happening:***

She has had diarrhea since Sunday 12/6 (took her to the vet 12/8, will detail below). But tonight, just a couple hours ago, a new symptom seems to have developed: poop is now just oozing out of her rectum. I have found two smallish lumps in two places she has sat in for prolonged periods of time, and multiple places where "pieces" seem to have fallen. And I’ve checked her butt, and little pieces of poo are indeed oozing out. But her rectum does not appear "open" nor does it seem to be sticking out (prolapsed?). She’s also acting completely normal.

***My cat’s background (I’m not sure if vets or vet techs will read this, so I’m just going to write everything in hopes someone will have an idea, so please feel free to skim):***

- Her name is Zhoul (we named her after a line from Ghostbusters: there is no kitty, only Zuul). So that should give you some idea as to her temperament. She’s really nice to me and my husband because we’ve earned her trust, but she hates new people.

- She was a rescue cat and was born in 2001. She’s currently 8.5 years old. We’ve had her for 8 years. And she seemed very healthy until recently.

- She’s a medium hair (maybe short hair–I never knew there was such a thing as medium hair until recently) calico cat.

- We adopted another rescue cat in August, a male, he’s 2 years old, and we introduced them slowly, but Zhoul wasn’t getting along with him for about 3 months. No cat fights but constant hissing and batting. Xander is very good natured and doesn’t hiss or bat her back, though.

- In November, we took her to the vet for her aggression towards Xander and excessive licking (she was picking patches of hair off her legs–more than normal, because she did that even before we adopted Xander. In March, when we took her for her annual checkup Dr. Kent said it wasn’t a problem).

- At this appointment on 11/11/09, the vet prescribed Clomicalm/Clomipramine for both the aggression and licking. The vet techs at the doctor told us two different things: give her a whole (5mg) tablet every day and give her half of one. I asked a third person and they said give her a whole one. On 12/8/09, we found out what we were told was wrong. So, since 12/8, we’ve been giving her half a tablet (which is so much better, when she had a whole tablet, she was stoned all the time, but on half a tablet she seems more like her old self).

- A blood test was taken on 11/11 that came back clean.

- 2 fecal tests have been taken (11/11 and on 12/8) that have come back clean.

- She’s allergic to flea saliva, so she’s been on Advantage since November (vet said that may have been contributing to her aggression).

- She’s been on Prenisolone (5mg–I was told it’s a steroid) twice in the last month. 11/11: to help with itching from flea allergy until Advantage kicked in. And on 12/8 they put her back on it for her bowels, see below.

- Vet techs told us that the vet told them that her diarrhea could be early onset Irritable Bowel Disorder and that the Prenisolone would help with that (the vet did not see us on Tuesday, but relayed all of the information through vet techs for reasons that are maddening, but seem kind of unnecessary at this point in the story, so I’ll spare you the details unless you really need to know).

***What The Vet Did Tuesday:***

So I took her to the vet on Tuesday 12/8 for the diarrhea problem and they took the second fecal (the results came back clean again on Wednesday). On 12/8, they gave her antibiotic shot that’s supposed to stay in her system for 2 weeks. They also gave her a steroid shot. Then they gave us another bottle of Prenisolone and she’s supposed to have one every day for 5 days and then one every other day until the bottle is empty.

***What happened right before the fecal incontinence (aka before the diarrhea started leaking from her butt):***

Tonight she was scheduled for her second dose of Advantage, so we gave her that. We also gave her half a tablet of her Clomicalm and her full tablet of the Prenisolone. About a half hour later or so, we noticed the first soft lump of poop on the floor where she had been sitting.

**What I’m looking for:***
Any useful advice (or websites) would be appreciated, aside from the obvious: find a new vet (I’m already on it, all of my cat’s future visits will be at another vet recommended by a friend, but I can’t afford to take her again t
Sorry, the rest of the post was only one more sentence long but it was cut off. I can’t afford to take Zhoul to another vet to have all the same tests done again. I have spent more on Zhoul’s vet bills in the last 30 days than I have on rent. If she needs surgery, I’d rather use the money towards that, ya know? Because all her tests keep coming back negative anyway.

Wow what an ordeal! You certainly seem like you have been through a lot to try and figure out what is wrong. I would definitely be trying to get into some sort of cat specialist vet with many years experience. Also you might like to try posting this question on to a cat related discussion board where there are many experienced breeders, vet techs and other cat owners that may be able to help you. I would highly recommend www.cat-world.com.au/forums.

I really hope kitty isn’t too seriously ill and that a solution is found. Some vets will allow accounts to be paid off as well so this is worth looking into, but the sooner the problem is found, the better.