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I will pay for the following essay The Continence Foundation. The essay is to be 12 pages with three to five sources, with in-text citations and a reference page.

Difficulty with the bowels affects fewer people but can be even more of a problem to live with. But most problems can be cured - and in the meantime there are useful products to help.

In the United Kingdom, at least 3 million adults cannot control their bladders as they would wish. That's twice as many as have diabetes.. (And about 500,000 children over the age of 5 have similar problems, especially with bedwetting). About 500,000 adults have similar trouble with their bowels. That's four times as many as have Parkinson's disease. And as many as 1 in 3 of us will have such problems at some time in our adult lives.

The best estimate of how many people are affected was made in 1995 by the Royal College of Physicians. They looked altogether at 24 different studies for bladder leakage (urinary incontinence) and bowel leakage (faucal incontinence) and collated their results.

The graphs show the results - for men and women living at home at various ages and for both sexes together living in residential care homes, nursing homes or in long-stay hospitals for the elderly and elderly mental infirm. (Some of their estimates were ranges - shown in the graphs as extensions of the bars.)

PREVALENCE OF URINARY INCONTINENCE

source: Royal College of Physicians (1995)

R N H = Residential home, Nursing home and long-term Hospital care

Percentage of adults with urinary incontinence

Age

Percent

Women living at home:

15-44

5-7 %

45-64

8-15 %

65 +

10-20 %

Men living at home:

15-44

3 %

45-64

3 %

65 +

7-10%

Men &amp. women in:

Residential homes

25 %

Nursing homes

40 %

Long-stay hospitals

50-70 %

PREVALENCE OF FAECAL (BOWEL) INCONTINENCE

source: Royal College of Physicians (1995)

R N H = Residential home, Nursing home and long-term Hospital care

Percentage of adults with faecal incontinence

Age

Percent

Men &amp. women living at home:

15-44

0.4 %

45-64

3-5 %

65 +

15 %

Men &amp. women living in:

Residential homes

10 %

Nursing homes

30 %

Long-stay hospitals

60 %

Products to help with Incontinence:

Most people with bladder and bowel control problems can be treated. This is much preferable to living with the problem. The products described in this section are not a cure. But they may be used as part of a treatment or to control leaks so you can carry on your life as usual. Many (but not all) are available on the NHS, and some can also be bought in high street pharmacies and by mail order. Check out how to obtain your products. But it is important that you get medical or nursing advice. Do not just rely on products. A professional assessment will probably lead to treatment that can cure you or at least bring about a big improvement in your condition.