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Health Encyclopedia: Bowel Incontinence
Uncontrollable passage of feces; Loss of bowel control; Fecal incontinence; Incontinence - bowel
Home Care
Treatment of bowel incontinence should begin with identifying the cause of the incontinence. There are several ways to help achieve normal bowel function and strengthen the rectal muscles.
MEDICATIONS
In people with bowel incontinence due to diarrhea, medications may be used to control the diarrhea. This may correct the bowel incontinence. Loperam...
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Expert & Community Posts
Dealing with Constipation During Cancer
By Amy Thomas , Health Expert...disrupt neural signals to the colon, rectum, and anus; the result is a condition termed... Read more »
Childbirth Studies and Incontinence
By Jasmine Schmidt , Health Expert...about the effects of pregnancy and childbirth on incontinence. Interestingly, one study was... Read more »
Pelvic Strength, Down to the Core
By Nancy Muller , Health Expert...muscles include the bundle of fibers that spans to the anus, or bowel outlet. These help to... Read more »
Your Pelvic Floor: Knowledge is Power
By Jasmine Schmidt , Health Expert...supposed to work) may not be the key to all your incontinence problems, it may help you to make... Read more »
Fecal Incontinence
By Jasmine Schmidt , Health ExpertBecause so many people suffer from urinary incontinence, it has become a large focus of my work as... Read more »
Health Guide
Kegel Exercises, Bladder Incontinence Training
...pelvic floor muscles has been a common treatment for years. The procedure uses a probe inserted into the anus or vagina, which produces a contraction in the pelvic floor muscles. Success rates... Read more »Urinary Incontinence Risk Factors
About 13 million adults experience incontinence at some time. The number, however, may actually be higher because most patients are reluctant to discuss incontinence with their doctors.... Read more »Treatment for Incontinence
The treatment for temporary incontinence can be rapid, simple, and effective. If urinary tract infections are the cause, they can be treated with antibiotics. Any related incontinence will... Read more »Prostate Cancer Surgery
...exposing the entire surface of the prostate).Through the perineum (the skin between the scrotum and the anus).The gland and other structures are then removed. The operation lasts 2 to 4 hours.... Read more »Functional Incontinence
Patients with functional incontinence have mental or physical disabilities that keep them from urinating, although the urinary system itself is normal. Conditions that can lead to function... Read more »Images
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June 14, 2006RICHMOND, Va. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- About 30 percent of all women suffer from urinary incontinence. Many are too embarrassed to seek help for... Read summary »
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