Causes of bowel incontinence
November 18, 2008
Bowel incontinence is characterized by loss of bowel control. This irregularity results in involuntary passage of stool. It can either be an infrequent stool leakage or a complete loss of control of the bowel movements.Mostly, this is an old-age related disorder and occurs to people who are above sixty-five years. Compared to men, women are more affected by bowel incontinence. Medical statistics reveals that 13 out of every 1,000 women suffer from loss of bowel control.
The irony is that the most major cause of bowel incontinence is constipation. Constipation makes the anus muscles overstrained and the intestines are forced to stretch for a longer period of time. As time goes by, this process weakens the muscles of this region and thus rectum is prevented from closing properly. In such a situation, stool easily leaks out through the rectum and bowel incontinence is resulted.
Another problem caused by severe constipation is that the nerves of the anus and rectum are affected and they become less responsive to the presence of stool within. In such a case, even if the person possesses the physical ability to defecate, he might not feel the urge as nervous system fails to give any signal.
However, incontinence is certainly not an incurable situation. Proper treatment at the right time is found to completely eliminate disease altogether. Apart from chronic constipation, severe diarrhea can also make a person lose his bowel control. In some women, injuries caused to the anal muscles during the time of delivery might also lead to bowel incontinence.
Loss of bowel control can also result as a consequence of a gynecological, prostate, or rectal surgery. Though rare, intensified haemorrhoids or rectal prolapse might also lead to bowel incontinence. If due to any irregularity in the functioning of the rectal sphincter in handling large amounts of liquid stool, diet changes are found to be extremely beneficial in eliminating bowel incontinence.
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