Fecal incontinence
Fecal incontinence: Introduction
Fecal incontinence: The loss of control of a persons bowel motions.
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Causes of Fecal incontinence:
The following medical conditions are some of the possible
causes of Fecal incontinence.
There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor
about your symptoms.
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Causes of Types of Fecal incontinence:
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Causes of General Symptom Types
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Fecal incontinence
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Medical Books Excerpts
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Medical Books Excerpts
- DIARRHEA
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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- Diarrhea
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Diarrhea
- "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis" (1999)
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- Diarrhea
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Diarrhea
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Diarrhea
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- Diarrhea
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Diarrhea
- "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
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- Diarrhea
- "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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Fecal incontinence: Medical Mistakes
Fecal incontinence: Undiagnosed Conditions
Conditions that are commonly undiagnosed in related areas may include:
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Misdiagnosis and Fecal incontinence
Diarrhea can be related to food substitute: The food ingredient, Sorbitol, is often used as a sweetener
in diet products.
In some people, this substance can lead to diarrhea or other symptom symptoms.
In...read more »
Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms
of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be misdiagnosed.
The best known, irritable bowel syndrome, is over-diagnosed, whereas other
causes that...read more »
Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea
is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes called intestinal imbalance.
The...read more »
Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely
to cause some level of diarrhea in patients.
The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad"...read more »
Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down
with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I ate" (i.e. food poisoning).
In fact, it's more...read more »
Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the
more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it can be over-diagnosed
(it can, of course, also...read more »
Interstitial cystitis an under-diagnosed bladder condition: The medical
condition of interstitial cystitic is a bladder condition that can be
misdiagnosed as various...read more »
Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive
conditions is celiac disease, a malabsorption disorder with a variety of symptoms (see symptoms of
celiac disease). A...read more »
Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent
difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases.
Some of the...read more »
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Fecal incontinence: Related Rare Diseases
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Home Diagnostic Testing and Fecal incontinence
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Article Excerpts about Fecal incontinence
Fecal incontinence is the inability to control your bowels. When you
feel the urge to have a bowel movement, you may not be able to hold it
until you can get to a toilet. Or stool may leak from the rectum
unexpectedly.
(Source: excerpt from Fecal Incontinence: NIDDK)
Fecal incontinence is the inability to control your bowels. When you
feel the urge to have a bowel movement, you may not be able to hold it
until you can get to a toilet. Or stool may leak from the rectum
unexpectedly.
(Source: excerpt from Fecal Incontinence: NIDDK)
Definitions of Fecal incontinence:
Fecal incontinence: SYN: incontinence of feces.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Failure of control of the anal sphincters, with involuntary passage of feces and flatus; it may be either psychogenic or organic in origin.
- (Source - CRISP)
Detailed list of causes of Fecal incontinence
The list below shows some of the causes of Fecal incontinence mentioned in various sources:
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causes of Fecal incontinence
How Common are these Causes of Fecal incontinence?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Fecal incontinence.
Of the 126
causes of Fecal incontinence that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 3
causes are "very common" diseases
- 7
causes are "common" diseases
- 5
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 0
causes are "rare" diseases
- 6
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 116
causes have no prevalence information.
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causes of Fecal incontinence
Conditions listing symptoms: Fecal incontinence:
The following list of conditions
have 'Fecal incontinence' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
A
Alpha-mannosidosis type II
... fecal incontinenceAnal sphincter dysplasia
... fecal incontinenceAndrade's syndrome
... fecal incontinenceAnterior spinal artery stroke
... fecal incontinenceB
Brainerd diarrhea
... fecal incontinenceC
Chemical poisoning - Aldicarb
... fecal incontinenceChemical poisoning - Monocrotophos
... fecal incontinenceChromosome 17, trisomy 17p11.2
... fecal incontinenceCongenital myotonic dystrophy
... fecal incontinenceConstipation
... fecal incontinenceD
Diabetic Diarrhea
... Fecal incontinenceDiffuse systemic sclerosi
... fecal incontinenceE
Endodermal sinus tumor
... fecal incontinenceExtragonadal Germ Cell Tumor
... fecal incontinenceF
Fecal impaction
... fecal incontinenceFibrocartilaginous embolism
... fecal incontinenceFoix-Alajouanine syndrome
... fecal incontinenceJ
Jirásek-Zuelzer-Wilson syndrome
... fecal incontinenceK
Kuru syndrome
... fecal incontinenceM
Mental retardation, X-linked, Zorick type
... fecal incontinenceMyelitis
... fecal incontinenceP
Paraplegia
... fecal incontinencePotocki-Lupski syndrome
... fecal incontinenceS
Spinal cord neoplasm
... fecal incontinence
Conditions listing complications: Fecal incontinence:
The following list of conditions
have 'Fecal incontinence' or similar
listed as a complication in our database.
The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear,
and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
C
Childbirth
... Fecal incontinenceConstipation
... fecal incontinenceH
Herniated disc
... fecal incontinence
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Causes of Fecal incontinence Based on Risk Factors
This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Fecal incontinence based
on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:
Travel - has the patient travelled recently?
Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?
Classifications of Fecal incontinence:
Subtypes of Fecal incontinence:
Urge to defecate
Medical Conditions associated with Fecal incontinence:
Incontinence (318 causes), Bowel problems (2317 causes), Abdominal symptoms (3099 causes)
Symptoms related to Fecal incontinence:
Constipation (535 causes), Bowel obstruction (27 causes), Stool symptoms (2234 causes), Chronic diarrhea (52 causes), Irritable bowel syndrome (20 causes), Proctitis (1 cause), Haemorrhoid or anal skin tags, Sphincter damage, Neurologic, Fecal impaction (1 cause), Infection (200 causes)
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Medical News summaries about Fecal incontinence
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