Curse Of The "dangerous" Diaper!

[turtlepins]

I've been to four different doctors in the past few days.

[MadMikey]

What specifically do they find dangerous about diapers?

[Dill_Pickle]

Well, I've had a shrink remind me that diapers are socially dangerous......and, I notice with myself wearing constantly, a bit habit forming.

Turtlepins, I hope that next time you run into that, you ask "Why?"...just in case the doctor is trying to tell you something important.

[Creepymouse]

What? Did Al Qaeda hide something in there? o.O That would have likely got a chuckle.

[Guest jeff142]

I've been to four different doctors in the past few days.

[square_duck]

The only thing thats dangerous about diapers is that they WORK! where many medications and alternative "treatments that doctors prescribe don't So the "danger" is actually to the medical profession and their BS pseudo knowledge and treatments. I come from a medical family and after having to deal with 2 ego maniac doctors...I'll pass. I go to chiropractors or seek my own treatments rather than consult with a "modern physician" They call it a medical "practice" for a reason people...they practice on you to see if what they think will work actually does! Sorry Turtle pins to hear that you are STILL running into this crap. As advised above, if they mention this BS again, just ask "why" they feel this way and I am sure you will get an equal amount of BS back... As a management tool they work great...and if they work for children and incontinent people and the disabled...then why shold they NOT work for anyone else??? Man I wonder about some of the stuff being passed off as 'modern knowledge" these days

[Bettypooh]

Being subversive, if my MD told me diapers were dangerous, I'd tell him that after my visit I would be right back to get him to sign a petition to Congress asking to euthanise all Incontinents and babies to save them from the danger That idea is just as ludicrous as his and he'd have to admit that both are wrong Plus I'd have to point out that my life is much better emotionally and mentally now that I don't have to constantly worry about wetting myself anymore. We all know emotional stress is bad for your physical health, and elevated blood pressure in older males can lead to heart attacks- that is lethal which trumps dangerous

[Craisler]

Like the others have commented, I'd like to know if your doctor can articulate why he considers diapers dangerous. I'd also be curious as to what he is selling as the alternative and what the profit is for him.

Obviously, they aren't medically dangerous or none of us would still be alive and healthy. I can understand that they may be psychologically "dangerous" in that the wearer could become psychologically dependent on them. I know that is the case for me. Though I was starting to become toilet trained, I was kept in diapers because the trailer where I lived didn't have a toilet and it wasn't convenient for my parents to escort me to the centrail building of the trailer park everytime I needed to go. As a consequence, my bladder remained small and weak. Even though I could stay dry for an hour or so, I needed diapers whenever I couldn't get to a toilet fairly quickly. Though I was completely continent by the time I started high school, I never felt comfortable or secure when not diapered and forced to wait for the hourly breaks before using the lavatory. So, when I could make my own decisions about my underwear, I started wearing diapers again.

I can understand the psychological "dangers" or diapers, but for someone who is incontinent because of nerve damage, physical damage or malformation of the bladder or sphincters, diapers are simply a practical method of managing the problem. To me, they are far less medically dangerous than catheters or implants that can wear out or cause tissue damage.

[whisko]

i have to paraphrase a comment i remember from another message board...

using diapers allows people to avoid using muscles, both physical and psychological, that are necessary for continence. as the poster's urologist told him, "there's a reason they're called 'depends'."

if somebody has the choice to wear diapers or not to, and chooses not only to wear them but to use them exclusively and not attempt to maintain continence, he/she will start the conditioning process we have been calling "diaper training". most people outside our community, including most doctors, see that as an undesirable outcome. hence, diapers are dangerous.

[duckling]

just want to say i being reading yours stories on here turtlepins, and i think there geat,

[diaperpt]

When I informed my urologist that I'd been wearing diapers regularly since a TURP surgery, he reviewed options for me - drugs hadn't worked, so he talked about Botox, and then the electrical implant stimulator (I'm making the details up as I go along). He didn't really strongly recommend either of those and fine with me saying I'd stay with diapers.

Recently when I went in he said there's a new drug out - totally different class from what had given me bad side effects but new enough so insurance won't cover. He has lots of samples and offered, but was fine when I declined.

[babymaggie]

Turtlepins, I have a great distrust for doctors, one almost killed my father when I was a child.

[babykeiff]

Turtlepins,

[turtlepins]

Since none of them said exactly why they considered diapers dangerous I asked one of them (follow-up visit today) to explain.

[Dill_Pickle]

Well, Turtlepins, Christopher Reeves is a victim of those dangerous rashes....but there were severe complicating factors involved there, as in paralysis.

Ask your Dr what he recommends for babies in diapers for skin care -- besides the obvious points of getting exercise and occasional airing, sunning, and drying out.

[Nat]

Sad even doctors are prejudice against incontinence.

[Baby Brian]

Not just doctors, but the urologists who specifically deal with this every day. You'd think they are supposed to be trained and

[happyindprs]

Wearing diapers as an adult will never be accepted by the medical community as long as there are drugs out there to control it and kick backs to be received from drug companies. In my local paper yesterday there was a half page add for men's Liberty. Their product is an external catheter.

[bwakee]

I saw somewhere a while ago that someone claimed wearing diapers reduces male fertility, because of the heat in diapers. As far as I remember there wasn't any data to back that up though. I doubt it's true, and besides, aren't our little boys down there designed with a cooling pouch? Otherwise, I see nothing about diapers that could be "dangerous", beyond neglecting obvious hygienic care while wearing them.

[Creepymouse]

The question is: Why don't the manufacturers of incontinence products lobby the medical community as fervently to promote their products? It seems like KC et al would be best served by a medical (and general) community which didn't frown upon using absorbent products as an acceptable solution when it's in the best interests of the patient.

[Dill_Pickle]

Creepy:

Because adult diapers radically outsell all the other solutions and must make quite a tidy profit without getting anyone into political trouble. Lobbying the medical community can lead to a backlash, so it has risks. Just selling diapers doesn't. Notice also the note about seeing a Dr on all the packages.

If you don't believe diapers are popular, go into your supermarket and then your big drugstore and count the shelf space devoted to adult incontinence products, then for "feminine hygeine"...there's a huge amount of product that has to be moving off the shelves, and if you want to get any greedier, you have to go to Wall St.