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What is Fecal Incontinence? How to manage it? What are the precautions to be taken? What are the signs and symptoms? What is the cause of this disease? How to treat it? How can homeopathy help you? All of this answered, in this post and of course our doctors always there to help you. Just fill in your details in the form down below and we will answer all your questions for FREE!

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What is fecal incontinence?

Fecal incontinence is lack of control over defecation which leads to involuntary loss of bowel contents-including flatus, mucus or solid fecal matter.

Fecal incontinence seen in?

Females are more likely to develop fecal incontinence than males.

Fecal incontinence affects people of all ages but is more common in older adults.Individuals of any race can be affected by fecal incontinence.

What are the risk factors for fetal incontinence?

Risk factors for fecal incontinence are as follows:-

-Age

-Female gender

-Urinary incontinence

-History of vaginal delivery

-Obesity

-Prior ano-rectal surgery

-Poor general health

Following are the causes of fecal incontinence:-

-Muscle damage:

Injury to the muscles of the rectum (anal sphincter) will make difficult to hold stool back properly.

-Nerve damage:

Injury to nerves that control the anal sphincter can lead to fecal incontinence. The damage to the nerve can be caused by childbirth, constant straining during bowel movements, spinal cord injury or stroke. Some diseases like diabetes, multiple sclerosis also affect these nerves and leads to fecal incontinence.

-Constipation: 

In constipation stool is dry and hard and is difficult to pass or defecate.

-Radiation: 

Radiation also causes damage to rectum in cases of prostate cancer.

-Cognitive impairment: 

Cognitive impairment after a stroke or in advanced Alzheimer’s disease.

-Inflammatory bowel disease: 

This disease can also lead to inflammatory injury to the rectum.

-Surgeries of the rectum in colorectal cancer: 

Surgery of rectum leads to scarring of the rectum due to which the walls of the rectum becomes stiff and inelastic.

Can nerve damage affect bowel movements?

Yes, nerve damage affects the bowel movement and it can be caused by childbirth, any injury to the spinal cord, chronic constipation (constant straining during bowel movements) or stroke.

What are the investigations of fecal incontinence?

A physical examination helps a doctor to check the strength of the anal sphincter muscle.

Other tests to be done are as follows:-

-Stool testing

-Endoscopy

-Anorectal manometry

-Endosonography

-Nerve tests

-MRI defecography

How to treat fecal incontinence?

Bowel incontinence is usually treatable. In many cases, it can be cured completely. Treatment for fecal incontinence vary according to the cause:

-Diet.

These steps may be helpful:-

More fibrous diet to be taken this makes stool bulkier and easier to control.

Avoid caffeine. This may help prevent diarrhea.

Drink several glasses of water each day. This can prevent constipation.

-Medications.

Try these medicines to reduce the number of bowel movements and the urge to move the bowels:

Lomotil

Hyoscyamine

Methylcellulose can help make the liquid stool more solid and easier to control.

-Exercises.

Exercise(kegalexcercise)

For more information, you can visit WebMD and eMedicine.