Why would you use a Foley Catheter

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Why would you use a Foley Catheter? Types and
uses?

• A tiny, sterile tube called a Foley balloon
  catheter is used to drain urine from the bladder.
  It is also known as an indwelling catheter since
  it can be retained in the bladder for an extended
  amount of time. A balloon at the end, which is
  filled with sterile water to keep the catheter
  from being pulled out of the bladder, holds it in
  place. Through the catheter tubes, the urine
  drains into a bag that is eventually emptied.
  Catheterization is the process of inserting a
  catheter.
• A sterile urinary catheter that remains in place
  for a long time is called a Foley catheter. A
• balloon at the catheter's tip can be inflated
  inside the bladder to hold the Foley in place.
  The bladder then releases urine through the
  catheter and into a collection bag. Another name
  for it is an indwelling catheter.
• When a patient is too ill, under aesthetic, or
  unable to urinate on their own due to a medical
  condition, this type of catheter is used.
• When is a Foley catheter used?
• Where it is difficult for a person to urinate
  naturally, a Foley catheter is typically
  employed. It can aid with several tests and to
  empty the bladder prior to or following surgery.
• The following conditions call for the use of
  Foley catheters
• To enable patients who cannot urinate because of
  bladder weakness or nerve injury.
• To allow a patient's urine to drain if the tube
  that removes urine from their bladder is blocked
  (urethra). For instance, because of prostatic
  hypertrophy or scarring.
• If a patient is receiving an epidural anaesthesia
  during labour, the bladder will be drained.
• To drain a patient's bladder prior to, during, or
  following a surgical procedure.
• To administer medication directly into the
  bladder, as is done during bladder cancer
  chemotherapy.
• As a last-resort treatment for urinary
  incontinence after all other options have failed.
• How is a Foley catheter placed?

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To avoid infection, the patient's vaginal area is
cleaned. After that, the catheter is put into
their urethra. The balloon is filled to hold the
catheter in place as soon as urine starts to flow
into the tubing. Then, a drainage bag is
fastened to the open end. What are the different
Foley catheter sizes? Similar to feeding tubes,
the Foley catheter is measured in French units,
each of which is equivalent to 0.33 millimetres.
There are many Foley catheter sizes available,
ranging from 5fr to 26fr. The age of the person
being catheterized will have an important impact
on the sizes of Foley catheters used in a
certain setting. The doctor must be very careful
to select the appropriate Foley catheter sizes
for you. An oversized catheter may cause
discomfort and make placement challenging.
Kinking and urinary leakage might happen when the
Foley catheter diameters are too tiny.