ALLERGY AND PERSONAL HYGIENE: INCONTINENCE PROTECTION
If you cannot tolerate incontinence pads, try re-usable towels. The Green Catalogue sell re-usable sanitary towels with a waterproof backing. They are made of unbleached cotton, with an absorbent felt of viscose and polyester. Some people may not tolerate these, but they might be worth trying.
The Green Catalogue also sell disposable sanitary towels in non-chlorine bleached pulp if you are sensitive to chlorine.
If you can tolerate neither of these, try using a pure cotton muslin nappy (usually sold for babies). Fold the nappy and wear it with a pair of plastic waterproof pants over it, if you tolerate the plastic. If you do not tolerate the waterproof pants, try using a pair of thick cotton pants with a thin strip of plastic cut from a plastic bag placed between them and the folded nappy. Pin the nappy to the pants if you wish. Boots and Mothercare sell muslin nappies, usually non-chlorine bleached.
If you want to disinfect them after use and kill smells, make a solution of Borax in a bucket. Put one dessertspoonful of Borax in a bucket of warm water. Soak for up to a day, rinse and launder, preferably on a hot programme. Boots stock, or will order, domestic Borax.
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