Symptoms of fecal incontinence

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With the growth of age and the occurrence of diseases, some elderly people will have incontinence, which is very distressing and embarrassing. Fecal incontinence means that when a patient's anal sphincter loses control, his defecation will no longer be controlled by his will and he will defecate without consciousness. Urinary incontinence is defined as urinary incontinence, in which urine is not free to flow out of control of will. The symptom of fecal incontinence, below I tell you.

Symptoms of fecal incontinence

Fecal incontinence refers to defecation can not be controlled at will, do not know on the outflow of the anus, defecation dysfunction. The incidence rate of fecal incontinence is not high, but it is not rare. Although not a direct threat to life, but cause physical and mental suffering of patients, seriously interfere with normal life and work.

Urinary incontinence refers to the loss of self-control of urination, do not know the urine on the outflow. According to the symptoms, urinary incontinence can be divided into five categories: filling urinary incontinence, non resistance urinary incontinence, reflex urinary incontinence, urgent urinary incontinence and stress urinary incontinence.

For the diagnosis of urinary incontinence, first of all, we need to ask the medical history, whether there is congenital anal malformation, whether there are diseases such as urinary system, the current degree of incontinence, the frequency of defecation, whether there is sense of defecation, etc. Anorectal manometry is important for physical examination.

matters needing attention

Drinking more water every day, maintaining a certain amount of urination, reducing drinking, coffee, strong tea, soda and other diuretic drinks can also help to improve urinary incontinence. To prevent constipation, it is better to eat more fruits, vegetables and high fiber food with proper exercise.