FECAL INCONTINENCE: CAUSES, SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT - GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS

What is Fecal Incontinence and How to Treat It



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Fecal incontinence is characterized by involuntary loss or inability to control the elimination of the contents of the intestine, composed of feces and gases, through the anus. Although this situation does not have serious consequences for health, it can cause embarrassment and anxiety. Fecal incontinence usually occurs in the elderly over 70 years of age, although it may also occur in young people and children, and may be caused mainly by changes in the functioning of the muscles that form the rectum and sphincter of the anus caused by childbirth, surgeries or defects in the anatomy of the reg