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Taking Care

of business

#1 10, 20or 30

Bathroom Trips Per Day?

33 33 million The average adult makes 4-7 trips7

Americans experience

Overactive Bladder (OAB) 3 common types of incontinence:
Overactive Bladder (OAB)1,2
Asthma322.618 Overflow Overactive Stress Urinary
Diabetes420.9 Incontinence Bladder Incontinence
Fecal
Incontinence5 Frequent dribbling Sudden and Urine leaks out when you

Alzheimer’s3 of urine due to a strong need to go cough, laugh, sneeze or lift

5.3 bladder that doesn’t to the bathroom something heavy
empty completely

#2 Wear blue in Is FIT the right
March to support fit for you?
Colorectal
Cancer Colon Cancer The Fecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) detects
Awareness. minute traces of blood in the stool. It:
It’s #2: • Can be done in the privacy of your home
Send photos to • Is non-invasive and easy to do
Of cancers that socialmedia@summahealth.org • Requires no special prep, changes to
affect both men or tag us on Facebook and Twitter.
and women, colorectal your diet or medicines
cancer is the second
leading cause of More than With the FIT, you will collect
cancer-related deaths your samples and mail them
in the United States 140,000 to the lab. Your doctor will
give you the results. If blood is
adults are diagnosed with detected, additional tests may
colorectal cancer each year be needed to determine the source. One of
Summa’s board-certified gastroenterologists
90% survival or colorectal surgeons can help you with
rate when colorectal next steps and treatment options.

cancer is found early
and treated

Get checked. Visit summahealth.org to schedule a visit.

Statistics supplied by Medtronic: 1. Stewart, W.F et al. Prevalence and Burden of Overactive Bladder in the United States. World Jrnl of Urol 2003:20:327-336; 2. Serels S. The wet patient: understanding patients with overactive
bladder and incontinence. Curr Med Res Opin. 2004;20(6):791-801; 3.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Website. http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/brfss/03/lifetime/tableL1.htm. Accessed October 18, 2010; 4. National
Diabetes Information Clearinghouse Website. http://www.diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/statistics/#y_people. Accessed October 18, 2010; 5. Whitehead W.E. et al. Fecal Incontinence in US adults: epidemiology and risk
factors. Gastroenterology. 2009; 137:512-517; 6. Alzheimer’s Association Website. http://www.alz.org/alzheimers_disease_facts_figures.asp. Accessed October 18, 2010; 7.Health Grades Website. Frequent Urination: How
Often is Too Often: http://healthguides.healthgrades.com/simple-solutions-for-an-overactive-bladder/how-often-should-you-urinate. Accessed May 28, 2015.

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