How do people who are amputated from above the waist use the bathroom?!
Question: I mean how do they go, when there is no obvious place for it to come from?
Answers: I mean how do they go, when there is no obvious place for it to come from?
There is a very radical procedure called a hemicorporectomy in which amputation occurs above the hips. Generally, as much of the digestive tract as possible is retained, but usually the external genitalia are not. People who have undergone such radical procedures also have a colostomy and urostomy, in which the large intestine and ureter (respectively) are connected directly to the skin of the remaining lower abdomen. An external pouch is affixed to collect any waste. You can do a Wikipedia search on "colostomy" or "urostomy" for more information.
I have never seen someone who was amputated ABOVE the waist. I don't think a person could live through that.
........ from above the waist
it could only be an arm or a finger
so it wouldnt make a difference
I have seen people who were amputated at the hips and they usually have urinal catheters and/or colostomy bags ( for Bowels)for any parts that may be missing. However I have never seen anyone alive who is amputated above the waist.
I have never seen or heard of someone amputated above the waist but if this does occur the urine can be drained from the bladder or kidneys using a tube that goes from the bladder or kidneys and out the the skin of the abdomen. This is called a nephrostomy (if draining from the kidneys) or suprapubic catheter if draining from the bladder.
Are you sure you meant amputated and not paralyzed?
People who are amputated above the waste have no need to use the bathroom because they are dead.
These people are retarted, I know what you are talking about! I don't know how they use the bathroom but I do atleast know what your talking about. :)
p.s. I have wondered that too
I know someone who has a bag hooked up because he had to have part of his colon removed due to cancer. A person with no digestive system at all could not live. But, people have lost parts of their body, but still have some of it --that was the case with the guy I know--he had a colostomy bag. He has to empty it every day. It is unpleasant, but beats dying!
The woman with half a body - Sacral Agenesis
There are four levels (or "types") of malformation. The least severe indicates partial formation (unilateral) of the sacrum. The second level indicates a billateral (uniform) deformation. And the most severe types involve a total absence of the sacrum.
Depending on the type of sacral agenesis - bowel or urinary bladder deficiencies may be present. A permanent colostomy may be necessary in the case of imperforate anus. Incontinence may also require some type of continence control system (e.g. self-catheterization) be utilized. Occasionally if deformities of the knees, legs or feet would prove unresponsive to corrective action - amputation at the knee may be proposed.