Dementia self referal

Little known fact Merlot but an incentive to keep doing those pelvic floor exercises.

There are drugs that can be prescribed to slow the effects and the earlier your diagnosed the more likely they will work.

However , it really depends on which type of dementia you have. Some are untreatable.

Do pelvic floor exercises help prevent UTIs?

My mum had such a bad UTI that she was unconscious in her flat for 36 hours before we realised and she spent a week in hospital. The confusion lasted longer that the infection and blurred her dementia diagnosis for a while.

Maybe none of this is relevant pompa

It's cause and effect. If you have strong pelvic floor muscles it can help control those 'oops' moments. Less of those, the better your bladder control, pushing back onset of incontinence, and all that leads to above.

Kitty perhaps Pompa has problems in that area too. He, presumably, has a bladder, and all the bits leading to and from it.

I'm sure he'll tell us if it's otherwise.

Sadly too late for your mother now Kitty but not for you and us.

I understood that the main cause of UTIs in later life was tissue thinning and lack of lubrication which is why women suffer more than men.

Another cause is not drinking enough fluids, which is compounded if you're taking diuretics. UTIs can be low grade, and therefore symptom-free, in many people and generally by the time someone starts feeling poorly the infection may present with confusion
MIL had a very bad one but it wasn't until we realised that she was confused that she agreed to see a doctor. By that point she was pretty unwell - she'd cut back fluids to drinking one cup of tea a day because she hated having to keep going to the loo (she was on diuretics for heart problems)....

How the hell did this thread move from dementia to pelvic floors ??????

Loopylou, not drinking enough fluids may well be my problem, will drink more and see if my memory improves, thanks for that tip.

Lateral/vertical thinking? pompa

Conversations in RL move around pompa why should gn be different?

And at least it shows that you remember what the original reason for starting the thread is - which is more than I can do sometimes!

Pompa exactly what sort of fluids do you intend drinking more of? (Excuse grammar)

And after all this advice,all the meanderings along the way and our personal experiences,back to the OP,have you decided what to do? From all your postings on this and other threads I don't think you have a problem,but a professional opinion would't go amiss if you and DW are still concerned.