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Can a herniated disc cause diarrhea?
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Not likely: Herniated disc can cause spinal stenosis which can cause loss of bowel control resulting in fecal incontinence but not neccesarily diarrhea.
Answered 12/27/2022
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No this would not be: A symptom consistent with a disc herniation. Only in 1% of cases can a disc herniation affect bowel and bladder control but diarrhea wold not be a presentation of that type of diagnosis which is known as cauda equina syndrome?
Answered 10/10/2018
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