Recently, I met a lady who stays in my neighborhood, and learnt that her mom had met with a severe accident while horse riding. The lady went on to ride an untamed horse in order to tame it, resulting in a severe injury. The result was hospitalization due to ACL Tears and urethral orifice damage. Another discovery after the hospitalization was that the lady’s mother already had some infection in her bladder, which made the situation worse off.
Now this lady was given knee braces and female catheters in order to prevent and cure further damages in her vital organs.
The knee braces were given for the ACL Tears or what we call the anterior cruciate ligament which is one of the four primal knew ligaments. It is a common problem with sport persons, and more common with women and its repair is seldom possible, though a reconstruction is an option. Thus, an ACL usually calls for a surgical treatment. But in our case, the lady was a little luckier than the rest of the ACL Tear patients because her ligament tear was not as bad as others, and thus she was offered to wear functional knee braces which compensated or let’s say substituted for the ligament. This allowed her to do certain activities without surgery. Knee braces can otherwise also be used to prevent knee injuries.
Coming to the urethral orifice damage and bladder infection, it was advised to her that the lady was to use a female catheter. The catheterdefined by the McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine (in Clinical practice) is a thin, flexible tube placed in a vascular or other lumen–e.g., bladder, and used to deliver fluids, nutrients or therapeutic, withdraw fluids, or obtain samples–e.g., of blood, urine; the ideal IV catheter is made from a material that both inhibits the formation of thrombi–Silastic —and resists adherence of microorganisms–Teflon/polytetrafluoroethylene, or polyurethane.
Now this catheter can be used for intermittent withdrawals and for continuous drainage of urine into a closed system. It is a very high risk procedure and requires a lot of precautions. It is a prerequisite to use anesthetic or antibacterial lubricants because there are essentially no lubricating glands in the female urethra. Antiseptic techniques must be followed along with aftercare. Even the use of antibiotics should be either void or as nil as possible.
If not taken care of, the female catheter can lead to high risks such as entry of bacteria in the urinary system, incorrect removal or insertion can cause narrowing of the urethra, urine may pass around the femalecatheter.
in context of both the above treatments, it is therefore essential that women take more precautions before commencing a high risk sport, or any other activity. And in case of carelessness after injury, the aftermath can be your worst nightmare, like what happened to the lady’s mother – lifelong damage.
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