Fecal Incontinence WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Fecal Incontinence
Fecal incontinence is the loss of bowel control, resulting in involuntary passage of stool. This can range from an occasional leakage of stool with the passage of gas, to a complete loss of control of bowel movements.
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What is Fecal Incontinence?
- UpToDate: Patient information: Fecal incontinence
- Wikipedia: Fecal Incontinence
- MedicineNet: Digestive Diseases: Bowel Incontinence
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: Bowel Control Problems
- eMedicineHealth: Definition of Anal incontinence
- National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NDDIC): Fecal Incontinence
- Cornell Physicians: Fecal Incontinence
What Are The Causes and Complications of Fecal Incontinence?
- International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (IFFGD): Common Causes of Incontinence
- NDDIC: What causes fecal incontinence?
- MedicineNet: What causes bowel incontinence?
- A.D.A.M. (via MedlinePlus): Bowel incontinence: Considerations | Causes
- FamilyDoctor: Recovering From Delivery
- Strong Health: Fecal Incontinence
What Are The Treatments and Medications for Fecal Incontinence?
- IFFGD: Treatment of Incontinence
- NDDIC: How is fecal incontinence treated?
- MedicineNet: How is bowel incontinence treated? | What surgical procedures are used to treat bowel incontinence?
- A.D.A.M. (via MedlinePlus): Bowel incontinence: Treatment
- Cleveland Clinic: Fecal Incontinence Treatment
- Mayo Clinic: Fecal Incontinence Treatment
What Are The Holistic and Alternative Treatments for Fecal Incontinence?
- Mama's Health: Fecal Incontinence
- NDDIC: What Foods Have Fiber?
- Allied Health (via Regence): Biofeedback as a Treatment of Fecal Incontinence
- Ed's Guide to Alternative Therapies: Colonic Irrigation for "Autointoxication"
What Are The Types, Stages and Survival Rates of Fecal Incontinence?
- IncontinenceNetwork: Encopresis (Fecal Soiling)
- FamilyDoctor: Stool Soiling and Constipation in Children
- WrongDiagnosis: Statistics about Fecal Incontinence
- InteliHealth: Fecal Incontinence: Expected Duration | Prognosis
How Do You Prevent Fecal Incontinence?
- MedicineNet: Can bowel incontinence be prevented?
- Mayo Clinic: Fecal Incontinence: Prevention
- InteliHealth: Fecal Incontinence: Prevention
Wisdom, Personal Experiences and Blogs about Fecal Incontinence
- IncontinenceNetwork: Journal Entry: Fecal Incontinence | Journal Entry: I'm 16 and have both bladder and bowel incontinence
- IFFGD: Courageous Stories
- Disaboom: The Big I - Incontinence
- Helium: Can you really depend on Depends?
Foundations and Support Groups on Fecal Incontinence
- IFFGD: International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders | Support Groups
- National Association for Continence
- Simon Foundation for Continence
- Continence Foundation
Message Boards, Chat and Discussions about Fecal Incontinence
- Daily Strength: Bowel Incontinence Discussions
- Yahoo Groups: Incontinence Support Group | Adult Incontinence Support
- eHealth Forum: Digestive and Bowel Disorders Forum
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Fecal Incontinence
- PubMed: Recent Fecal Incontinence Articles
- JAMA: Fecal Incontinence Articles
- New England Journal of Medicine: Fecal Incontinence Articles
- Google Scholar: Fecal Incontinence Articles
- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine: Fecal incontinence in elderly patients: Common, treatable, yet often undiagnosed
Clinical Trials on Fecal Incontinence
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Fecal Incontinence Studies
- CenterWatch: Fecal Incontinence Studies
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- Reviewer: Dana Rosengarten
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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