Understanding Your Health Condition
Many people live with ongoing health conditions that affect their day-to-day lives and force them to adjust to new challenges as their conditions appear or change.
Incontinence Meaning and Causes
While nothing can truly prepare you to adapt to living with a long-lasting health condition, many resources can ease the process and help make your new normal a little simpler.
What is Incontinence?
Incontinence, meaning the unintentional leakage of urine, can happen to any person of any age and any gender. The most common causes are pelvic trauma, age, and neurological conditions. Incontinence can happen randomly throughout the day, or it can be caused by jumping, coughing, or sneezing, even while exercising.
Incontinence Supplies
Even if your incontinence cannot be treated or remedied, you can minimize leakage and stay comfortable with incontinence supplies that your doctor recommends and/or prescribes. Common incontinence supplies include:
- Underpads
- Adult briefs and liners
- Intermittent catheters
- Indwelling (Foley) catheters
- Male external catheters
Strive Medical carries all these supplies, and we can work with your doctor to make sure any supplies that are covered by insurance are not charged to you. We also have non-covered incontinence supplies available via cash or credit card.
Urological Conditions
A wide variety of Urologic Health Conditions can affect your urinary system and require you to use some sort of catheter or incontinence supplies.
Common conditions include:
- Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
- Prostate Cancer
- Spina Bifida
- Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
- Urinary Incontinence
- Urinary Retention
- Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)
We have more information on all of these conditions and how they can affect your bladder control. However, the information you find on this website is not a substitute for talking to a healthcare professional about your condition.
Wound Care
Wound Conditions
Many wounds are considered non-healing as they remain on your skin for months or years at a time. These are often caused by accidents, injuries, illness, or other conditions. Some wounds are non-healing or require special attention and medical-grade supplies. These wounds include:
- Acute Wounds
- Burns
- Chronic Wounds
- Ulcers
- Diabetic Ulcers
You’ll find more information about many of these wounds on this website, but please keep in mind that you should always talk to your doctor about wounds that are over ¼” deep, have sides that don’t touch, are not healing, or appear infected.
Wound Care Supplies
Strive Medical carries supplies for large, open, or chronic wounds and ulcers. Most of these supplies are covered by your insurance when you have a prescription from your doctor. Some of the most used supplies include:
- Gauze
- Absorbent bandages
- Compression wraps