SII Landing Page

Country websites Find your Coloplast website

About Coloplast Country

Contact

Customer Care

Corporate Information

Visit Coloplast.com

Find your Coloplast country website

Select your country

Headline

Spinal Injuries Ireland Logo

Find the best continence solution for you

We have partnered with Spinal Injuries Ireland (SII) in order to reach out to people with a spinal cord injury and provide information about the different solutions available to help manage bladder and bowel conditions.

There are many different reasons why you, or someone close to you, may need to pay special attention to managing your bladder or bowel. This section is a resource centre where you can explore which solutions are available and which will suit your specific needs. There is useful information about fitting and using products, and easy ordering of samples - so you can experience the solutions first-hand.

Managing your bladder after a spinal cord injury

About 80% of people with a spinal cord injury (SCI) will experience bladder dysfunction.

Most people with spinal cord injury go through a rehabilitation programme with the goal of living as full and independent a life as possible. A variety of products can contribute to an improved quality of life by effectively managing complications such as loss of bladder function.

Dealing with bladder retention

If you have difficulty emptying your bladder, you will typically use an intermittent catheter. Your first step will be to find a catheter that fits you and your lifestyle. It is important that you follow the guidance in terms of technique and how often you catheterise, and finding the right catheter for you will encourage you to maintain a regular catheterising routine to keep your bladder healthy.

Urinary tract infections (UTIs)

The presence of bacteria in the urinary tract is quite common and does not always cause an urinary tract infection. If, however, the bacteria grow and multiply to a certain level, they may cause an infection of the urinary tract that needs treatment. Download our Understanding Urinary Tract Infections eBook.

Dealing with male urinary incontinence

Collecting devices like urisheaths and urine drainage bags are used effectively by many men dealing with urinary incontinence. Urisheaths are worn over the penis like a condom and connected to a collecting bag. It is important you use the right size urisheath while finding the right collecting bag depends on how much you leak.

SpeediCath® catheters

SpeediCath® was the first ready to use hydrophilic coated catheter released to the market. Intermittent catheter design took a large step forward when Coloplast created the SpeediCath intermittent catheter. Since then, our range of catheters has grown and we have a range of standard length, compact length and set solutions to suit individual needs.