| Many youth, teens & adults suffer from urinary | | | | In the nutshell, this means that everything meant to |
| incontinence and/or bowel incontinence. These issues | | | | stay inside, stays inside and doesn't leak outside - and |
| require very specialized incontinence products that | | | | keeps you or your patient - nice and dry. However, not |
| remove the moisture from the skin & prevent serious | | | | all adult diapers & adult briefs are created equal. When |
| secondary incontinence issues (rashes, odor, bacterial | | | | you buy hospital grade incontinence products (you |
| & yeast infections, etc). Disposable diapers allow the | | | | cannot get these at your local retail, big box or grocery |
| user or caregiver to quickly change & dispose of the | | | | stores), many of them have resealable tapes & |
| used product quickly & easily. | | | | elastisized leg bands to prevent leaks. The resealable |
| Why not just use sanitary pads/napkins for | | | | tabs allow yourself or your caregiver to check the |
| incontinence? Sanitary napkins are made with | | | | diaper for changing. If changing isn't required, the tabs |
| materials that absorb slowly. Not to mention - they | | | | can be resealed, thereby saving the needs of |
| don't hold much - and they leak. Disposable adult | | | | unnecessary changes and costs. |
| diapers & adult briefs, on the other hand are | | | | Many of these hospital grade adult diapers lines now |
| constructed in layers with the use of super absorbent | | | | commonly include wetness indicators. Wetness |
| polymers. This allows the urine in the diaper to be | | | | indicators are when a chemical included in the fabric of |
| transferred and distributed to the absorbent core | | | | the diaper changes color in the presence of moisture |
| where it's locked in. There are 3 distinct layers in an | | | | to alert the care giver or user that the diaper is wet. |
| adult diaper. | | | | The benefits of adult diapers far outweigh any |
| - A breathable composite prevents wetness & soil | | | | inconvenience that they may cause. It is true that an |
| transfer to clothing and furniture. | | | | adult diaper will never feel like your own underwear. |
| - An inner layer of super absorbent polymers & | | | | However many of today's products are comfortable |
| cellulose pulp locks in liquids. | | | | to wear for long periods when they are dry. |
| - A nonwoven material with a distribution layer closest | | | | Adult diapers bring flexibility and mobility to the lives of |
| to the skin, transfers liquids to the absorbent layer - | | | | many people suffering from incontinence problems. |
| which keeps your skin dry. | | | | |