Stroke Training and Awareness Resources (STARs)


Bladder and bowel symptoms (ii)

Q. Complete the boxes by matching the bladder and bowel symptoms with the condition.

1) Which symptoms would you associate with urgency incontinence?

  • Urinary leakage/incontinence
  • Frequency
  • Urgency
  • Nocturia

2) Which symptom is most commonly described by a person with urinary retention?

  • Feeling of incomplete bladder emptying

3) Which symptom would you associate with incomplete bowel emptying?

  • Faecal smearing

4) Which symptom would you associate with faecal impaction with overflow?

  • Soiling

 

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