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When your child is pre-school age, you can start teaching them ISC more actively. Use a doll to show them how a catheter is used. Sit down and draw pictures together, and explain how urine leaves the bladder.
When it is time to empty the bladder, let your child try to find their urethra and insert the catheter themselves. Even when your child has learned to insert a catheter, it is important that you are there to help make sure that the bladder has been emptied properly and correctly.
If you are having difficulties keeping your child still during the catheterisation process, try to get them to participate more in the emptying procedure itself.
By the time your child begins school, it is helpful if they can empty their bladder with a catheter independently.
You can ask the school to put an extra bathroom cabinet in one of the school toilets. This cabinet can be used to store catheters and other equipment that can help your child empty their bladder during the school day.
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