Causes of Fecal incontinence

This section discusses 126 medical conditions causing Fecal incontinence. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.

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.

• Chronic diarrhoea
• Constipation
• Irritable bowel syndrome
• Proctitis
• Haemorrhoid or anal skin tags
• Sphincter damage
• Neurologic
• Fecal impaction
• Infection
• Diarrhoea
• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Bacterial infection
• Dysentery
• Pseudomembranous colitis
• Viral gastroenteritis
• Rotavirus infection
• Enterovirus infection
• Reovirus infection
• Adenovirus infection
• Astrovirus infection
• Coronovirus infection
• Intrnal sphincter deficiencysurgery
• Anal dilatation surgery
• Sphincterotomy
• Rectal prolapse
• Third degree haemorrhoids
• Idiopathic
• Congenital anorectal anomalies (see Birth defects)
• Trauma
• Obstetric trauma
• Pelvic fracture
• Impalement
• Obstetric denervation
• Peripheral neuropathy
• Diabetes mellitus
• Cauda equine lesion
• Tabes dorsalis
• Lumbar meningomyelocoele
• Spina bifida
• Multiple stroke
• Metastases
• Cerebral trauma
• Dementia
• Multiple sclerosis of the spine
• Spinal metastases
• Degenerative diseases
• B12 deficiency
• Rectal carcinoma
• Anorectal infection (see Anal symptoms)
• Lymphogranuloma
• Drug intoxication
• Excessive straining during defecation
• Gastroenteritis
• Dementias
• Head trauma
• Rectovaginal fistula
• Spinal cord lesion
• Pelvic surgery
• Prostate surgery
• Rectal surgery
• Colostomy
• Ileostomy
• Encephalitis
• Anorectal surgery
• Diabetic peripheral neuropathy
• Multiple sclerosis
• Rectal inflammation
• Forcep delivery
• Rectal cancer
• Reduced anal sensation
• Straining bowel motions
• Rectal conditions
• Brain tumor
• Reduced rectal capacity
• Anal abnormality
• Rectal tumor
• Chronic constipation - the most common cause of fecal incontinence in children
• Parkinson's disease
• Stroke
• Reduced rectal sensation
• Rectal nerve damage
• Anal sphincter muscle damage
• Abdominal conditions
• Epilepsy
• Spinal cord injury
• Nerve-damaging diseases - may affect the nerves of the rectal area or those controlling sphincter muscles.
• Rectal abnormality
• Episiotomy
• Spinal cord compression
• Rectal scarring
• Spinal cord conditions (type of Neck conditions)
• Reduced anal canal pressures
• Pelvic floor weakness
• Pelvic floor dysfunction
• Brain injury
• Reduced anal squeeze pressure
• Anal sphincter nerve damage
• Traumatic childbirth
• Radiation treatment
• Spinal cord tumor
• Hemorrhoid surgery
• Decreased mobility

Conditions listing medical 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 incontinence
• Anal sphincter dysplasia ... fecal incontinence
• Andrade's syndrome ... fecal incontinence
• Anterior spinal artery stroke ... fecal incontinence

B

• Brainerd diarrhea ... fecal incontinence

C

• Chemical poisoning - Aldicarb ... fecal incontinence
• Chemical poisoning - Monocrotophos ... fecal incontinence
• Chromosome 17, trisomy 17p11.2 ... fecal incontinence
• Congenital myotonic dystrophy ... fecal incontinence
• Constipation ... fecal incontinence

D

• Diabetic Diarrhea ... Fecal incontinence
• Diffuse systemic sclerosi ... fecal incontinence

E

• Endodermal sinus tumor ... fecal incontinence
• Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor ... fecal incontinence

F

• Fecal impaction ... fecal incontinence
• Fibrocartilaginous embolism ... fecal incontinence
• Foix-Alajouanine syndrome ... fecal incontinence

J

• Jirásek-Zuelzer-Wilson syndrome ... fecal incontinence

K

• Kuru syndrome ... fecal incontinence

M

• Mental retardation, X-linked, Zorick type ... fecal incontinence
• Myelitis ... fecal incontinence

P

• Paraplegia ... fecal incontinence
• Potocki-Lupski syndrome ... fecal incontinence

S

• Spinal cord neoplasm ... fecal incontinence

Conditions listing medical complications: Fecal incontinence:

The following list of medical conditions have 'Fecal incontinence' or similar listed as a medical complication in our database. This computer-generated list of complications may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

C

• Childbirth ... Fecal incontinence
• Constipation ... fecal incontinence

H

• Herniated disc ... fecal incontinence

More Information About Fecal incontinence

• Fecal incontinence: Introduction
• Medical Textbooks Online for Fecal incontinence
• Travel-related causes of Fecal incontinence
• Diabetes-related causes of Fecal incontinence

List of 126 causes of Fecal incontinence

This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Fecal incontinence in our database from various sources.

• Abdominal conditions
• Adenovirus infection
• Alpha-mannosidosis type II - fecal incontinence
• Anal abnormality
• Anal dilatation surgery
• Anal sphincter dysplasia - fecal incontinence
• Anal sphincter muscle damage
• Anal sphincter nerve damage
• Andrade's syndrome - fecal incontinence
• Anorectal infection
• Anorectal surgery
• Anterior spinal artery stroke - fecal incontinence
• Astrovirus infection
• B12 deficiency
• Bacterial infection
• Brain injury
• Brain tumor
• Brainerd diarrhea - fecal incontinence
• Cauda equine lesion
• Cerebral trauma
• Chemical poisoning - Aldicarb - fecal incontinence
• Chemical poisoning - Monocrotophos - fecal incontinence
• Childbirth - Fecal incontinence
• Chromosome 17, trisomy 17p11.2 - fecal incontinence
• Chronic constipation - the most common cause of fecal incontinence in children
• Chronic diarrhoea
• Colostomy
• Congenital anorectal anomalies
• Congenital myotonic dystrophy - fecal incontinence
• Constipation - fecal incontinence
• Coronovirus infection
• Decreased mobility
• Degenerative diseases
• Dementia
• Dementias
• Diabetes mellitus
• Diabetic Diarrhea - Fecal incontinence
• Diabetic peripheral neuropathy
• Diarrhoea
• Diffuse systemic sclerosi - fecal incontinence
• Drug intoxication
• Dysentery
• Encephalitis
• Endodermal sinus tumor - fecal incontinence
• Enterovirus infection
• Epilepsy
• Episiotomy
• Excessive straining during defecation
• Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor - fecal incontinence
• Fecal impaction - fecal incontinence
• Fibrocartilaginous embolism - fecal incontinence
• Foix-Alajouanine syndrome - fecal incontinence
• Forcep delivery
• Gastroenteritis
• Haemorrhoid or anal skin tags
• Head trauma
• Hemorrhoid surgery
• Herniated disc - fecal incontinence
• Idiopathic
• Ileostomy
• Impalement
• Infection
• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Intrnal sphincter deficiencysurgery
• Irritable bowel syndrome
• Jirásek-Zuelzer-Wilson syndrome - fecal incontinence
• Kuru syndrome - fecal incontinence
• Lumbar meningomyelocoele
• Lymphogranuloma
• Mental retardation, X-linked, Zorick type - fecal incontinence
• Metastases
• Multiple sclerosis
• Multiple sclerosis of the spine
• Multiple stroke
• Myelitis - fecal incontinence
• Nerve-damaging diseases - may affect the nerves of the rectal area or those controlling sphincter muscles.
• Neurologic
• Obstetric denervation
• Obstetric trauma
• Paraplegia - fecal incontinence
• Parkinson's disease
• Pelvic floor dysfunction
• Pelvic floor weakness
• Pelvic fracture
• Pelvic surgery
• Peripheral neuropathy
• Potocki-Lupski syndrome - fecal incontinence
• Proctitis
• Prostate surgery
• Pseudomembranous colitis
• Radiation treatment
• Rectal abnormality
• Rectal cancer
• Rectal carcinoma
• Rectal conditions
• Rectal inflammation
• Rectal nerve damage
• Rectal prolapse
• Rectal scarring
• Rectal surgery
• Rectal tumor
• Rectovaginal fistula
• Reduced anal canal pressures
• Reduced anal sensation
• Reduced anal squeeze pressure
• Reduced rectal capacity
• Reduced rectal sensation
• Reovirus infection
• Rotavirus infection
• Sphincter damage
• Sphincterotomy
• Spina bifida
• Spinal cord compression
• Spinal cord conditions
• Spinal cord injury
• Spinal cord lesion
• Spinal cord neoplasm - fecal incontinence
• Spinal cord tumor
• Spinal metastases
• Straining bowel motions
• Stroke
• Tabes dorsalis
• Third degree haemorrhoids
• Trauma
• Traumatic childbirth
• Viral gastroenteritis

Medical Textbooks about Fecal incontinence

Free online access to excerpts without registration is available to view excerpts from medical textbooks about the causes and diagnosis of Fecal incontinence. Refer to our list of medical textbooks discussions about Fecal incontinence (Free online access to book excerpts, no registration).

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