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Bowel incontinence
Leaking bowel movements are a clinical finding in which a person has small amounts of fluid-like feces that involuntarily leave their body.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
16 year experience in family medicine
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A 35-year old asked:
What should I do if I have bowel incontinence?
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A 29-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: bowel incontinence?
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A 41-year old asked:
I am embarrassed about my bowel incontinence. What can I do about it?
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A 30-year old female asked:
With bowel incontinence, should you be more worried when you can't feel when it happens? What does this mean as opposed to if you can? Not full bm occu
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A 24-year old asked:
Can you prevent bowel incontinence?
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A 44-year old asked:
What surgical operations are done to treat bowel incontinence?
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A 20-year old female asked:
Does long term use of movicol cause dependency or bowel incontinence? Thanks in advance
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A 39-year old asked:
Which physician treats bowel incontinence?
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A 33-year old asked:
How should I consult a doctor if a loved one has bowel incontinence?
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A 82-year old female asked:
What suggestions are there to control bowel incontinence with multiple sclerosis? Is the incontinence permanent when it develops with ms?
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A 28-year old female asked:
I'm 4 mo pregnant w/ my 3rd child (all c-sections)& I'm having bowel incontinence issues. This has never happened before. Is there anything I can do?
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A 33-year old male asked:
I am having leg weakness and bowel incontinence. I feel pressure in my lower back. It is getting worse day by day. What should I do?
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A 26-year old male asked:
Can bulges at l3-l5 weaken sphincter muscle and cause some degree of bowel incontinence?
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A 30-year old female asked:
I have hydrocephalus and suffering from bowel incontinence is ya poop supposed to be watery and mustard looking?
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A 63-year old female asked:
Have been diagnosed with slow transit constipation. Prescribed linzees and miralax by GI and got explosive diahrrea. Amitiza (lubiprostone) causes bowel incontinence?
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A 45-year old female asked:
How to know if slight urine/maybe bowel incontinence is related to issues like bulging discs in neck,stenosis,tingling ,numbnes in arms,etc...?
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A 19-year old male asked about a 24-year old female:
Cn meningitis cause slurred speech, stiffness in leg n arm, bowel incontinence, poor recognition power all together? Hw long it takes to cure fully?
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A 26-year old male asked:
I have l3-4 spinal stenosis and left para central herniation. Would pressure from herniation affect sphincter muscle and cause minor bowel incontinence?
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A 19-year old male asked about a 24-year old female:
Diagnosed wid TB meningitis my frnd HS slurred speech, stiffness in leg n arm, missing periods, bowel incontinence. Will it go with time wid TB meds?
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A 44-year old male asked:
Urinary (frequency, urgency, incontinence), bowel symptoms, reduced sensation in penis and ED since Nov 2022.Lower legs and feet tingling 3 weeks later.Blood labs fine, CT scan of abdomen and pelvis unremarkable.EMG of legs and feet clear.Ideas?
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A 34-year old asked:
How does the body control a bowel movement so no incontinence?
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A 16-year old male asked:
Irritable bowel syndrome or fecal incontinence? I have constipation, a smell lingering, moist anus when i walk or sit, and anus feels loose when i sit
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A 33-year old female asked:
I SUFFER FROM OCCASIONAL FLATAL INCONTINENCE SINCE 20YRS. BY FLATAL INCONTINENCE I MEAN I LOSE BOWEL GAS INVOLUNTARYILY WITHOUT MY CONSCIOUS KNOWLEDGE.IS THIS DUE TO ANAL SPHINCTER INCOMPETENCY?
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A 34-year old asked:
Does fecal incontinence involve a strong urge to have a bowel movement? Or do you generally expel without warning?
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A 21-year old female asked:
Fecal incontinence incident days ago...Had bowel movement soon after & a lot of stool passed, could it be that was a 1 time thing due to constipation?
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A 39-year old female asked:
Recovering from 3rd degree tear with lack of control over gas and bowel movement. I'm 8 days postpartum. Do I have to live like this for a lifetime or the incontinence will heal?
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A 38-year old male asked:
My Stepdaughter is experiencing poor personal hygiene, incontinence and holding bowel movements. The following also describes her: Leaking stool. ...
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A 46-year old female asked:
Severe pain in abdomen. Vaginal prolapse stage 3. Trouble urinating and urinary incontinence. Haven't had a bowel movement in 3 weeks?
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A 20-year old male asked:
I evacuate my bowels 2-3 times a day.Sometimes I have to strain.D\would this cause problems(incontinence) in the long run? I'm 22.
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A 22-year old male asked:
I'm 22 years old & wear diapers. I have incontinence but still control my bowels, it bothers me while sleeping. How can I lose control so I can sleep?
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