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Fecal incontinence in elderly patients: common, treatable, yet often undiagnosed.

Abstract
It is important for primary care physicians to take fecal incontinence seriously and not dismiss it as a normal part of aging. Elderly patients may be reluctant to admit fecal incontinence, so clinicians need to ask about it. Two of the most common causes are fecal impaction (especially in nursing home patients) and rectosphincter dysfunction in people with diabetes.
AuthorsTyler K Stevens, Edy E Soffer, Robert M Palmer
JournalCleveland Clinic journal of medicine (Cleve Clin J Med) Vol. 70 Issue 5 Pg. 441-8 (May 2003) ISSN: 0891-1150 [Print] United States
PMID12779133 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
Chemical References
  • Cathartics
Topics
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anal Canal (physiology)
  • Biofeedback, Psychology
  • Cathartics (therapeutic use)
  • Defecation (physiology)
  • Diarrhea (complications, physiopathology)
  • Enema
  • Fecal Impaction (complications, physiopathology)
  • Fecal Incontinence (etiology, physiopathology, therapy)
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Manometry

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