The internal anal sphincter consists of smooth muscle and maintains 70% of the resting anal tone. The external anal sphincter consists of striated muscle and accounts for the remaining 30% of resting ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Almost one in five women with urinary incontinence also experience fecal incontinence, researchers report. Dr. Alayne Markland of the University of Alabama at Birmingham ...

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Nerve damage is an important mechanism in the pathogenesis of stool leakage in fecal incontinence. Translumbosacral neuromodulation therapy or TNT is a noninvasive and targeted treatment to correct ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Two-thirds of patients with fecal incontinence associated with loose stool experienced an improvement in symptoms when following a low FODMAP diet, a researcher reported here. "Fecal ...

Bowel incontinence or fecal incontinence is a condition that is a primarily associated with an inability to control bowel movements. This means that the patient is unable to hold stools that leak ...

The passenger, the stool, can be problematic itself, like when it is liquid and irritating because of high levels of bile salts, resulting when bile acids, which are made by the liver and essential to ...

Passive incontinence – refers to the involuntary discharge of stool or gas without awareness; Urge incontinence – refers to the discharge of fecal matter in spite of active attempts to retain bowel ...

Fecal incontinence is defined as an involuntary loss of gas or liquid or solid stool. It includes not being able to hold in a bowel movement until reaching a toilet. You may also hear this referred to ...

Urinary incontinence is a condition in which you accidentally leak pee. It affects millions of Americans, most of them women and people assigned female at birth (AFAB). There are many different types, ...