Showering while Cathed

Excuse me if this topic has already been discussed and I have just over looked it somewhere! I have my patient cathed and am wonering the best way for him to shower? Would it be best and safest to insert the plug into the cath and go about the shower as normal or maybe keep the cath attached to the leg bag? What procedures should we follow to be safe? Thanks for the help.

When I have been cathed due to having a medical procedure done, I left the leg bag strapped to my leg and showered that way. Just be surre to dry tha area real good after showering.

When I cath I use a belly bag.

When I shower, I use a sterile catheter plug in the cath and on the bag connector. Been doing it for years and never had a problem.

I've showered with a Foley and normal drainage bag with no issues. i was able to hang it on the door to keep it below waist level and off of the floor, then dried it well afterwards.

Before showering, I remove my leg or belly bag and put a plug in, making sure my hands are clean. Jumping in the shower with a bag causes my fabric or cloth straps to be soaked. When attached to a bed bag, the tubing is long enough to shower with the bag outside the tub or enclosure, but disconnecting is just easier for me.

I take my shower after closing the cath with a plug. Doing that since few years, I like to be free under the shower.

When I take a shower with a catheter in me I like to have it plugged with a catheter plug so that I can be free to move around and get my whole body clean. I have taken long showers with one in and it doesn't bother me at all.

I agree, plug up the catheter and take the shower, I myself have never showered while a catheter is inserted.

I shower while attached to the night bag. If you take it off the stand the tube is long enough for it to lie on the shower floor. After getting out and getting dry, put on the leg bag, put the night bag back on the stand, and it is dry long before you need to reattach it at bedtime.

I always plug it. It is easier in the shower.With a bag on your leg or it is much harder to move around and easier to fall.

Just the regular hygienic precautions before plugging the catheter and of course reattaching the tip to the bag again.

I like to personally shower with the catheter clamped off. I use the clamp from an old leg bag that was beyond its use. I just put the clamp on the end of the catheter before connecting it to the extension tubing that goes to the bag.

I have showered with a catheter in me. I don't mind if it is plugged or not. Most of the time my catheter is not plugged. I don't run water into and out of my bladder. That might or would cause some big problems.

To me showering with a catheter is like peeing in the shower. Make sure everything goes down the drain.

I wash myself just like I would without a catheter in me. The water just goes down the drain and away from my penis.

I can understand why people would plug their catheter. I don't go into the lake with my catheter in me.

Stay connected to night drain bag , plugging the catheter will keep water from going into bladder ,however the water will leave bacteria on the funnel end around the plug negating any sterility of connection to bag

Thanks @sap

my wife has an SP cath and I just disconnect for a shower and jcap it off. Wipe everything off with an alcohol wipe.

I have showered while catheterized. Usually with the bedside bag attached and just hung outside the shower.

I plug the cath if on a leg bag or belly bag.

I shower with a Foley Cather installed and pull the plug while in the shower to drain...

My urologist's nurse said it is fine to shower with a catheter in you, she said don't take a bath and don't go into a hot tub or go swimming in a lake, pond or anything like that. Stay out of a swimming pool.

I imagine you can walk into a lake or swimming pool well below the waist, but you don't want the water to seep into your bladder via the catheter.

I don't know if it makes any difference if the catheter is plugged or now. Any urine will drain down the drain and wash away, so it would be up to you, plug or no plug.

I always just unplug after getting in shower as long as it hangs down just don't raise it up ..water doesn't travel up hill ??

My urologist's nurse said it is fine to shower with a catheter in you, she said don't take a bath and don't go into a hot tub or go swimming in a lake, pond or anything like that. Stay out of a swimming pool.

I imagine you can walk into a lake or swimming pool well below the waist, but you don't want the water to seep into your bladder via the catheter.

I don't know if it makes any difference if the catheter is plugged or now. Any urine will drain down the drain and wash away, so it would be up to you, plug or no plug.

With an SP cath we got the ok from both the doc and the facility to use the therapy pool. We just disconnect the bag and plug the cath. No issue with water entering the cat or the incision.

Likewise, when showering or bathing (in a jacuzzi tour) we just plug the cath.