Vascular dementia warning - the one toilet sign that could reveal whether you’re at risk
Vascular dementia symptoms include memory loss, difficulty
concentrating, or having slow thoughts. But you could also be at risk of the
brain condition if you have this toilet sign. “People with dementia can
experience difficulties with using the toilet,” said the Alzheimer’s Society.
“A person with dementia is more likely to have accidents,
problems with the toilet or incontinence than a person of the same age who
doesn’t have dementia.
“The reasons for this can include failing to get to the
toilet in time for example, because of mobility problems
There are several different types of urinary incontinence.
Probably the most common form in people with dementia is an overactive bladder.
“This gives the feeling of a sudden and intense need to go,
and frequent urination.”
Women are also more likely to have urinary incontinence as
they get older, it said.
They’re at risk of stress incontinence - when a cough,
sneeze or laugh causes a small leak of urine.
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