The main symptoms of bowel incontinence are: - involuntary flatulence, i.e. loss of control over gas, which is unintentionally released. - anal and rectal incontinence,
i.e. the inability to control the muscles of the anal sphincter and the
ano-rectal canal. The nerve endings located in these areas help the
brain to control gas and stool. If the nerves or the muscles in these
areas are damaged, bowel incontinence may occur. - passive incontinence, i.e. the absence of the
stimulus to defecate. People suffering from passive incontinence do not
realize that their rectum is full. Due to such impaired sensitiveness,
stool is expelled unwittingly. -overflow incontinence due to
colon blockage. This condition is caused by impacted stool in the
colon, which in turn prevents other stool from passing. In this case
stool can only be expelled in a liquid form, thus leading to a
difficulty in controlling leakage of stool.
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