Fecal urgency
Fecal urgency: Introduction
Fecal urgency may be called "diarrhea" in many sources,
and some conditions causing fecal urgency may be listed under
diarrhea or bowel frequency.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about such symptoms.
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Fecal urgency
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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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Misdiagnosis and Fecal urgency
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...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 digestive system contains a variety of "good" bacteria that aid...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" bacteria,
but can also kill the ...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 likely to be an infectious diarrheal illness (i.e. infectious...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 fail to be diagnosed...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...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 better known possibilities are peptic ulcer, colon cancer, irritable bowel syndrome,...read more »
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Fecal urgency: Related Rare Diseases
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Diagnostic tests for Fecal urgency:
Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Fecal urgency. Some of these are listed below :
- Physical examination
- Abdominal examination for tenderness and a mass e.g. a mass in the right lower abdomen may suggest bowel cancer or diverticulitis; a mass on right, left or upper abdomen may also suggest bowel cancer; tenderness in the left lower abdomen, with or without a significant mass may suggest ulcerative colitis, diverticulitis or irritable bowel syndrome
- Examine rectum for hemorrhoids and anal fissure that may be causing a positive occult blood test
- Examine for signs of systemic diseases that may cause fecal urgency e.g. tremor and increased heart rate of hyperthyroidism; considerable flushing of carcinoid syndrome; hyperpigmentation of the skin in Addison's disease; and dermatitis and dementia of pellagra
- Blood tests
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Diagnosis Checklist: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)
During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Fecal urgency.
Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing
your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information
you can share with your doctor about your symptoms may help them with their diagnosis.
Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:
- What exactly do you mean by fecal urgency? - fecal urgency is generally taken to mean a sudden or excessive need to defecate. Fecal urgency may be called "diarrhea" in many sources.
- How long have you had fecal urgency? - to determine if acute or chronic. Acute fecal urgency (without blood) is more likely to be infectious in nature e.g. staphylococcal toxin food poisoning, giardiasis, traveler's diarrhea, a virus or contaminated food. Chronic diarrhea has a large number of causes.
- How frequent are the stools?
- What is the volume of the diarrheal stools? - e.g. high volume stools may be suggestive of infection (such as E.Coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Vibrio Cholerae), carcinoid syndrome, bowel polyp, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, magnesium antacids, lactose intolerance or after gastric surgery; small volume stools may suggest inflammatory bowel disease or colon cancer.
- What is the nature of the stools? - e.g. fatty, pale colored, extremely smelly stools that float in the toilet and are difficult to flush away is called steatorrhea due to excess fat in the stool and are characteristic of malabsorption of nutrients which may be due to celiac disease, chronic pancreatitis, previous gastrectomy and cystic fibrosis.
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Diagnosis Checklist: Associated symptoms your doctor may ask about (and why!)
Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse
your condition.
The symptoms your doctor may ask about (in association with Fecal urgency) may include:
- Blood in the stool? - If acute fecal urgency, may suggest Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter jejuni, ulcerative colitis and amebic dysentery. If chronic fecal urgency, may suggest ulcerative colitis, bowel cancer, diverticulitis, amoebiasis, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.
- Mucous in stool? - suggests ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease and irritable bowel syndrome.
- Fever? - may suggest Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter jejuni and ulcerative colitis, severe amoebic dysentery or pseudomembranous colitis. May get a low grade temperature with traveler's diarrhea and toxic staphylococcal gastroenteritis.
- Severe vomiting? - may suggest toxic staphylococcal gastroenteritis (which follows 2-4 hours after eating food poisoned with the toxin), traveler's diarrhea and viral gastroenteritis.
- Alternating fecal urgency and constipation, abdominal bloating, abdominal pain that is relieved by opening the bowels or passing wind? - may suggests irritable bowel syndrome.
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Home Diagnostic Testing and Fecal urgency
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- Colon & Rectal Cancer: Home Testing
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Organs affected by Fecal urgency:
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Detailed list of causes of Fecal urgency
The list below shows some of the causes of Fecal urgency mentioned in various sources:
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causes of Fecal urgency
How Common are these Causes of Fecal urgency?
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 urgency.
Of the 11
causes of Fecal urgency that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 1
causes are "very common" diseases
- 1
causes are "common" diseases
- 1
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 0
causes are "rare" diseases
- 2
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 7
causes have no prevalence information.
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causes of Fecal urgency
Conditions listing symptoms: Fecal urgency:
The following list of conditions
have 'Fecal urgency' 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.
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Brainerd diarrhea
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Incontinence
... Fecal urgencyT
Traveler's diarrhea
... fecal urgencyU
Ulcerative colitis
... urgent bowel movements
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Causes of Fecal urgency Based on Risk Factors
This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Fecal urgency 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?
Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Fecal urgency?
Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Fecal urgency, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.
Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :
Classifications of Fecal urgency:
Medical Conditions associated with Fecal urgency:
Diarrhea (1887 causes), Digestive symptoms (4367 causes), Abdominal symptoms (3099 causes), Bowel incontinence (1916 causes), Stool symptoms (2234 causes), Bowel problems (2317 causes), Bowel movements (2120 causes)
Symptoms related to Fecal urgency:
Fecal incontinence (24 causes), Diarrhea (1887 causes), Loose stool (39 causes), Constipation (535 causes), Brainerd diarrhea, Incontinence (318 causes), Traveler's diarrhea, Ulcerative colitis
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