XP Medical Absorbency Guide
This guide can help you choose the best product for your incontinence. The three main styles of incontinence products (Pads, Pull-On Underwear and Briefs) vary greatly in their abosrobency, with pads having the least capacity and briefs having the highest capacity. At XP Medical, we use a six-drop scale that is different for each style. In other words, a 3-drop rated pad has a very different maximum absorbency than a 3-drop brief. The drops are used to compare products within a style, but not to compare products of different styles. In general a 6-drop product in one style is similar to a 3-drop product in the next most absorbent style. |
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Pads | Pull-On Underwear | Breifs (Adult Diapers) | |
Stress Incontinence - a few drops | X | X | |
Stress Incontinence - a small spritz of fluid | X | X | |
Stress and mild Urge Incontinence - a small gush of fluid | Stress and Urge Incontinence - a large gush of fluid, but not a full bladder loss | Up to 3 full bladder losses - urine and fecal Incontinence | |
Stress and moderate Urge Incontinence - a moderate gush of fluid | Stress and Urge Incontinence - up to 1 full bladder loss | Up to 4 full bladder losses - urine and fecal Incontinence | |
Stress and heavy Urge Incontinence - a large gush of fluid | Stress and Urge Incontinence - up to 2 full bladder losses | Up to 5 full bladder losses - urine and fecal Incontinence | |
Stress and Urge Incontinence - a large gush of fluid, but not a full bladder loss | Stress and Urge Incontinence - up to 3 full bladder losses | Up to 6 full bladder losses - urine and fecal Incontinence |